Re: 10G + Suse 9.2 - "dbca" won't start

From: Langberg <alng_at_tdc.dk>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:16:02 +0100
Message-ID: <pan.2004.12.08.11.16.00.675614@tdc.dk>

Now it works - I just added
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP(HOST=hostname)(PORT = 1521)) to my listener.ora.

Thanks for the help - too bad Oracle was of no help !!

Den Wed, 08 Dec 2004 09:57:43 +0000. skrev Fabrizio:

> Langberg wrote:

>> Yes - I am using DHCP.
>> And I have added my hostname + IP to local host-file.
>> 
>> Den Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:17:56 +0100. skrev Holger Baer:
>> 
>> 
>>>Langberg wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi.
>>>>
>>>>I have downloaded + installed Oracle 10G on my server running Suse Prof.
>>>>9.2.
>>>>Installation ran smoothly without any errors og warnings. Next I want
>>>>to create an database using the DBCA utility, but I receive the error
>>>>below. I have no problem running SQLPLUS, NETCA etc. 
>>>>
>>>>I asked Oracle ..... but the answer is that Oracle 10G is not certified to
>>>>run on Suse 9.2 !!!!
>>>>
>>>>Regards Allan Langberg
>>>>
>>>>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.getOneLocalListenerProtocolAddress(NetworkUtils.java:2481)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.getOneLocalListenerProtocolAddress(NetworkUtils.java:2585)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.getOneLocalListenerProtocolAddress(NetworkUtils.java:2577)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.getOneLocalListenerProtocolAddress(NetworkUtils.java:2569)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.getOneLocalListenerProtocolAddress(NetworkUtils.java:2390)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.getOneLocalListenerProtocolAddress(NetworkUtils.java:2360)


> 

>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.getLocalListenerAddress(NetworkUtils.java:844)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.getLocalListenerAddresses(NetworkUtils.java:881)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.NetworkUtils.needLocalListener(NetworkUtils.java:820)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.StepContext.setListenersToUpdate(StepContext.java:634)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.step.StepContext.<init>(StepContext.java:250)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.backend.Host.<init>(Host.java:608)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.UIHost.<init>(UIHost.java:200)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.ui.InteractiveHost.<init>(InteractiveHost.java:54)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.getHost(Dbca.java:155)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.execute(Dbca.java:93)
>>>>        at oracle.sysman.assistants.dbca.Dbca.main(Dbca.java:175)
>>>>oracle_at_dyn-dhcp:/Oracle10G/Disk1>                                
>>>
>>>         ^^^^^^^^^
>>>	|||||||||
>>>
>>>You're not running on DHCP, are you? If so, then I'd invite you to google this group for DHCP and
>>>why you shouldn't be using it.
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>Holger
>> 
>> 

>
> There are several notes on this issue in metalink.
> Maybe the more relevant is this:
>
> http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=131761.1
>
> In short: check for errors or missing parameters in your listener.ora
> (even if it is a fresh installation).
>
> Maybe your ip/hostname is different from the one stored there.
> Use 'ifconfig' and 'hostname'.
>
> Regards
>
> PS: Only the Enterprise version of SuSE (SLES8 and SLES9) are certified
> with oracle.
Received on Wed Dec 08 2004 - 05:16:02 CST