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Re: 9iR2 on RH 7.2 - runInstaller segmentation fault

From: tingl <tlam15_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 5 Sep 2002 11:34:02 -0700
Message-ID: <f487699f.0209051034.7bf5cc52@posting.google.com>

jgwilliamson_at_wcsnet.co.uk (John Williamson) wrote in message news:<dd43b9d4.0209050222.15f03d14_at_posting.google.com>...
> bards <bards1888_at_yahoo.com.au.au> wrote in message news:<SKvd9.420$0J2.38591_at_news.optus.net.au>...
> > John Williamson wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to install an Oracle 9i Release 2 database on a PIII PC
> > > with 512MB RAM running vanilla Redhat 7.2 professional. However I
> > > cannot even get the runInstaller to start as it quits with a
> > > segmentation fault.
> > >
> > > (I have already installed 9i R1 with no problems on the same machine)
> > >
> > > I suspect I may have an incompatibility with the glibc libraries that
> > > come with RH7.2.
> > >
> > > Can anyone confirm this, and hopefully point me in the direction of a
> > > fix or workaround. (Full details of my server config at the end....)
> > >
> > > Your input will be much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > Here comes the stuff!!
> > >
> > > checksegv runInstaller
> > > ======================
> > >
> > > *** Segmentation fault
> > > Register dump:
> > >
> > > EAX: 00000001 EBX: 4015dc90 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000
> > > ESI: 40015a24 EDI: bffff844 EBP: bffff7d8 ESP: bffff7bc
> > >
> > > EIP: 0804ad80 EFLAGS: 00010283
> > >
> > > CS: 0023 DS: 002b ES: 002b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 002b
> > >
> > > Trap: 0000000e Error: 00000006 OldMask: 00000000
> > > ESP/signal: bffff7bc CR2: 00000001
> > >
> > > Backtrace:
> > > ./runInstaller(strftime+0x21c0)[0x804ad80]
> > > /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x8e)[0x4004a1f6]
> > > ./runInstaller(readdir+0x51)[0x8048df1]
> > >
> > > ldd runInstaller
> > > ================
> > > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40029000)
> > > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
> > >
> > > sysctl -a|grep kernel
> > > =====================
> > > kernel.prof_pid = -1
> > > kernel.overflowgid = 65534
> > > kernel.overflowuid = 65534
> > > kernel.random.uuid = 417c4791-678b-4524-ace3-09248a200651
> > > kernel.random.boot_id = c1a6bdc2-ede9-4548-ad89-8b985dae8f98
> > > kernel.random.write_wakeup_threshold = 128
> > > kernel.random.read_wakeup_threshold = 8
> > > kernel.random.entropy_avail = 0
> > > kernel.random.poolsize = 512
> > > kernel.threads-max = 4095
> > > kernel.cad_pid = 1
> > > kernel.sysrq = 0
> > > kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
> > > kernel.msgmnb = 16384
> > > kernel.msgmni = 16
> > > kernel.msgmax = 8192
> > > kernel.shmmni = 4096
> > > kernel.shmall = 2097152
> > > kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
> > > kernel.rtsig-max = 1024
> > > kernel.rtsig-nr = 6
> > > kernel.acct = 4 2 30
> > > kernel.hotplug = /sbin/hotplug
> > > kernel.modprobe = /sbin/modprobe
> > > kernel.printk = 3 4 1 7
> > > kernel.ctrl-alt-del = 0
> > > kernel.real-root-dev = 256
> > > kernel.cap-bound = -257
> > > kernel.core_uses_pid = 0
> > > kernel.panic = 0
> > > kernel.domainname = (none)
> > > kernel.hostname = fred
> > > kernel.version = #1 Thu Sep 6 17:21:28 EDT 2001
> > > kernel.osrelease = 2.4.7-10
> > > kernel.ostype = Linux
> > >
> > > rpm -q kernel
> > > =============
> > > kernel-2.4.7-10
> > >
> > > rpm -q glibc
> > > ============
> > > glibc-2.2.4-13
> > >
> > > rpm -q gcc
> > > ==========
> > > gcc-2.96-98
> > >
> > > cat /proc/meminfo
> > > =================
> > > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
> > > Mem: 525713408 344481792 181231616 1261568 78110720 92880896
> > > Swap: 805163008 0 805163008
> > > MemTotal: 513392 kB
> > > MemFree: 176984 kB
> > > MemShared: 1232 kB
> > > Buffers: 76280 kB
> > > Cached: 90704 kB
> > > SwapCached: 0 kB
> > > Active: 19128 kB
> > > Inact_dirty: 149088 kB
> > > Inact_clean: 0 kB
> > > Inact_target: 1064 kB
> > > HighTotal: 0 kB
> > > HighFree: 0 kB
> > > LowTotal: 513392 kB
> > > LowFree: 176984 kB
> > > SwapTotal: 786292 kB
> > > SwapFree: 786292 kB
> > > NrSwapPages: 196573 pages
> > >
> > > java -version (/usr/java/jdk1.3)
> > > =============
> > > java version "1.3.0"
> > > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0)
> > > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0, mixed mode)
> >
> > Not sure about 7.2. FYI 7.3 works fine.
>
> Cheers Bards,
>
> I think I will have to cough up for RH7.3 as opposed to b*****ing
> around with patching libraries in RH7.
>
> Regards
>
> John

I was able to install 9iR2 on RHL 7.2 with no problems. Have you applied all the updates? Just in case you don't know, Oracle supports 9i on RHL 7.1, but not 7.2 and 7.3.

Tony Received on Thu Sep 05 2002 - 13:34:02 CDT

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