The absolute bog-standard typical cause as far as my (limited) Linux
experience suggests is that your kernel parameters (sem and shmmax, usually)
were not set to sufficiently high values; or (speaking from bitter
experience) even when you remember to set them to the right values, you
forget to re-boot the Linux box to allow them to take effect.
Regards
HJR
"Some One Else" <algernon_at_spamcop.net> wrote in message
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>
> In Linux (LM*), I had Oracle 8.1.7 running at least once. Don't know what
> I've bumped, but now all I get in a typical session is:
>
> == SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on ...
> ==
> == (c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
> ==
> == Enter user-name: scott/tiger
> == ERROR:
> == ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> == ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
> == Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
>
> Looking up the error number does no good. What does it mean that the
> 'shared memory realm does not exist'. What are typical causes?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
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Received on Sat Sep 15 2001 - 15:21:49 CDT
