Re: Oracle 9i on Redhat 9: no go?
From: Frank <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 20:16:52 +0200
Message-ID: <3EC91F94.7090606_at_netscape.net>
>> Tim wrote:
>>
>>> Gerald Henriksen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2003 21:12:04 GMT, Tim <nocomment_at_rogers.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Try setting LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 before you run the installer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bye, Jan.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, it seems to be working, at least so far. Can you give me a
>>>>> couple sentence explanation of what the problem was?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Red Hat 9 uses glibc 2.3 with the new thread system (NPTL - native
>>>> posix thread library), which is supposed to improve performance. The
>>>> new thread model breaks a small number of applications, particularly
>>>> those that make assumptions about glibc internals (note that this is
>>>> not the first time that a new version of glibc has broken Java).
>>>>
>>>> By setting that environment variable you tell the system to use an
>>>> older version of the glibc environment for anything you run.
>>>>
>>>> In addition to breaking Java NPTL also broke wine (since fixed) and
>>>> the Intel compilers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks. Now, I'm getting these two errors.
>>>
>>> Error in invoking target install of makefile
>>> /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/lib/ins_oemagent.mk
>>>
>>> I enter "Ignore" and it continues.
>>>
>>> Then I get.
>>>
>>> Error in invoking target install of makefile
>>> /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib/ins_ctx.mk
>>>
>>> I enter "Ignore" again and it finishes.
>>>
>>> It then says Oracle Net Configuration Assistant - succeeded
>>> Oracle Database Configuration Assistant - failed
>>> Agent Configuration Assistant - canceled
>>> Starting HTTP Server - failed
>>>
>>> Any more help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>
>> vi /usr/oracle/920/ctx/lib/env_ctx.mk (!! that's env_ctx, not ins_ctx)
>> /INSO_LINK
>> add $(LDLIBFLAG)dl, so the line reads:
>>
>> INSO_LINK = -L$(CTXLIB) $(LDLIBFLAG)m $(LDLIBFLAG)dl $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ca
>> $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_fa $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ex $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_da $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ut
>> $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ch $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_fi $(LLIBCTXHX) $(LDLIBFLAG)c
>> -Wl,-rpath,
>> $(CTXHOME)lib $(CORELIBS) $(COMPEOBJS)
>>
>> DOn't know about oem_agent - you should be able to find that.
>> I'm not fond of OEM anyway - if you feel the same, don't bother.
>>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 20:16:52 +0200
Message-ID: <3EC91F94.7090606_at_netscape.net>
Tim wrote:
> Frank wrote: >
>> Tim wrote:
>>
>>> Gerald Henriksen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2003 21:12:04 GMT, Tim <nocomment_at_rogers.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Try setting LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 before you run the installer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bye, Jan.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, it seems to be working, at least so far. Can you give me a
>>>>> couple sentence explanation of what the problem was?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Red Hat 9 uses glibc 2.3 with the new thread system (NPTL - native
>>>> posix thread library), which is supposed to improve performance. The
>>>> new thread model breaks a small number of applications, particularly
>>>> those that make assumptions about glibc internals (note that this is
>>>> not the first time that a new version of glibc has broken Java).
>>>>
>>>> By setting that environment variable you tell the system to use an
>>>> older version of the glibc environment for anything you run.
>>>>
>>>> In addition to breaking Java NPTL also broke wine (since fixed) and
>>>> the Intel compilers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks. Now, I'm getting these two errors.
>>>
>>> Error in invoking target install of makefile
>>> /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/network/lib/ins_oemagent.mk
>>>
>>> I enter "Ignore" and it continues.
>>>
>>> Then I get.
>>>
>>> Error in invoking target install of makefile
>>> /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib/ins_ctx.mk
>>>
>>> I enter "Ignore" again and it finishes.
>>>
>>> It then says Oracle Net Configuration Assistant - succeeded
>>> Oracle Database Configuration Assistant - failed
>>> Agent Configuration Assistant - canceled
>>> Starting HTTP Server - failed
>>>
>>> Any more help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>
>> vi /usr/oracle/920/ctx/lib/env_ctx.mk (!! that's env_ctx, not ins_ctx)
>> /INSO_LINK
>> add $(LDLIBFLAG)dl, so the line reads:
>>
>> INSO_LINK = -L$(CTXLIB) $(LDLIBFLAG)m $(LDLIBFLAG)dl $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ca
>> $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_fa $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ex $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_da $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ut
>> $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ch $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_fi $(LLIBCTXHX) $(LDLIBFLAG)c
>> -Wl,-rpath,
>> $(CTXHOME)lib $(CORELIBS) $(COMPEOBJS)
>>
>> DOn't know about oem_agent - you should be able to find that.
>> I'm not fond of OEM anyway - if you feel the same, don't bother.
>>
> > OK, thanks. Just to clarify things, the error was to ins_ctx.mk but I > make the change to env_ctx.mk. > Do I then have to run this makefile again? Is that a Makefile, I'm not a > Linux expert? >
That's correct; the error is in the env_ctx.mk file, not ins_ctx
After that you should be able to press 'Retry' in the installer,
or run the ins_ctx make file again. It is a makefile indeed.
The command would be:
make -f ins_ctx.mk (or make -f $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/ins_ctx.mk)
-- Regards, Frank van BortelReceived on Mon May 19 2003 - 20:16:52 CEST