Re: Oracle 9i AS installation on SuSE Linux 7.1 Professional

From Metalink:

Problem Description:

You receive the error:

  ORA-01041 : internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist.

What does it actually mean?

What is the hostdef extension?

Solution Description:

The hostdef extension referred to is a structure which was added to the control structure for the client/server communication.

It is accessed via a pointer in the original structure. When the communication between the client and the server goes awry, this can result in ORA-1041 and ORA-3113 errors.

The ORA-1041 is flagged when the POINTER to the EXTENSION structure for the HOST DEFinition (for the communication channel between the client and the server) has been nulled. This can occur when the connection gets lost 'for some reason' and hence the procedure to investigate is the same as for ORA-3113.

Explanation:

The hostdef extension refers to the structures used to maintain the client/server communication channel.

"Simon Gottesman" <sgotte_at_prodigy-nospamplease.net> wrote:

>I can't find any material through Google on this error other than what I've
>already provided. If I may venture an educated guess, the error is probably
>due to the fact that the software was downloaded instead of being installed
>from an Oracle-provided CD. There have been reported issues with downloaded
>Oracle software in the past in this newsgroup, and I am pretty sure that you
>will find that Oracle is as stable a software as there is, dependent on the
>hardware and OS you are putting it on, and on its being installed from a
>CDROM. You can get a trial license for the software (on CD) from
>oraclestore.oracle.com for US $0 dollars plus shipping and handling.
>
>
>"Ben New" <ben_at_leftclick.com.au> wrote in message
>news:3c15f8a9.100661193_at_news.vianet.net.au...
>> hi,
>>
>> umm... thanks...
>> any idea what this is about?? is it "host" as in the tcp sense??
>> some configuration file I have to modify??
>> i downloaded the software for evaluation (no support) and so far find
>> that it sucks...
>>
>> Ben New
>> Leftclick Software Development
>>
>> ben_at_leftclick.com.au
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 02:15:46 GMT, "Simon Gottesman"
>> <sgotte_at_prodigy-nospamplease.net> wrote:
>>
>> >ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
>> > Cause: Pointer to HSTDEF extension in HSTDEF is null.
>> > Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Ben New" <ben_at_leftclick.com.au> wrote in message
>> >news:3c14cae8.23412295_at_news.vianet.net.au...
>> >> Oh yeah, one more thing... now the database wont start. This is the
>> >> example output (spaces and junk removed):
>> >>
>> >> bash> dbstart
>> >> SQL> ERROR:
>> >> ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
>> >> SQL> ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
>> >> ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
>> >> SQL>
>> >> Database "[SID]" warm started.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know what a "hostdef extension" is or how to create one?
>> >> Can anyone help my broken installation?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Ben New
>> >> Leftclick Software Development
>> >>
>> >> ben_at_leftclick.com.au
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:40:26 GMT, ben_at_leftclick.com.au (Ben New)
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> >I have been tearing my hair out trying to install Oracle 9i AS (9.0.1)
>> >> >Standard Edition on SuSE Linux 7.1 Professional, running kernel 2.4.4.
>> >> >
>> >> >AFAIK, I have completed the pre-installation tasks and followed the
>> >> >installation instructions from the installation disc.
>> >> >
>> >> >Before installing iAS the database configuration was working fine -
>> >> >i.e. I could login/out using SQL*Plus and perform normal database
>> >> >operations - create, drop, etc.
>> >> >
>> >> >During installation, in the "Linking Application Server" part, I got
>> >> >the following error message:
>> >> >
>> >> >Error in invoking target relink of makefile
>> >> >/opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/precomp/lib/ins_precomp.mk.
>> >> >
>> >> >Calling the makefile by hand produces the following:
>> >> >
>> >> >bash> make -f ins_precomp.mk relink
>> >> >rm -f /opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/bin/
>> >> >rm: '/opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/bin' is a directory
>> >> >make: *** [relink] Error 1
>> >> >
>> >> >In the Configuration section of the install, both the HTTP Server and
>> >> >Portal 3.0 startups fail. However I feel this is because of the
>> >> >previous error.
>> >> >
>> >> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> >Thanks in advance,
>> >> >
>> >> >Ben New
>> >> >Leftclick Software Development
>> >> >
>> >> >ben_at_leftclick.com.au
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>

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