Re: Help with 9i install problem on E450 running Solaris 2.8

swensel_at_mahinetworks.com (SteveW) wrote in message news:<251366e0.0309091344.490cf538_at_posting.google.com>...
> I've downloaded Oracle and have installed 9i on my machine. There was
> no previous instance of Oracle running. I get through the install, and
> it appears that the server is running in that the processes are up,
> including the listener. When I try to connect with sqlplus I get this
> message:
> bash-2.03$ sqlplus
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue Sep 9 14:41:59 2003
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> Enter user-name: system
> Enter password:
> ERROR:
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
> SVR4 Error: 2: No such file or directory
>
>
> Enter user-name:
>
>
> I've got 4gb of RAM. My settings match what was in the install doc:
>
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10
>
> set semsys:seminfo_semmap=100
> set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100
> set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024
> set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256
> set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=500
> set semsys:seminfo_semume=100
>
> Can someone help with some ideas on what may be wrong, or a link to
> read more?
>
> Thanks,
> /SteveW

Hi SteveW,

Try one of the following:
1. export ORACLE_SID=<YOUR_SID>

   sqlplus
OR
2. sqlplus system@<YOUR_SERVICE_NAME> --> If you have the listener running

Regards
Anand Received on Tue Sep 09 2003 - 23:54:21 CDT