Help Installing Oracle on Debian

This problem and its description as more than a screenful, so be ready.

My Debian box is as up-to-date as is curent apt-possible, and I'm finding reat difficulties in installing Oracle 8.1.7.0 instructions at www.kurup.com/acs/openacs/oracle.html.

Specifically, the Oracle Install script is unable to display itself -- something that happens with no other users on the system. This is for the user 'oracle'.

oracle_at_debian:~/Disk1$ ./runInstaller
oracle_at_debian:~/Disk1$ Initializing Java Virtual Machine from ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre. Please wait...
_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for local java.lang.InternalError: Can't connect to X11 window server using 'local:0.0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable.

        at sun.awt.motif.MToolkit.<init>(MToolkit.java:63)
        at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:394)
        at 

oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifm.OiifmSplashScreen.getImage(OiifmSplashScreen.java:67)

        at

oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifm.OiifmSplashScreen.<init>(OiifmSplashScreen.java:45)

        at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstaller.main(OiicInstaller.java:418)

oracle_at_debian:~/Disk1$ echo $DISPLAY
local:0.0

For a user with no such difficulties, say user 'tilleyrw' DISPLAY is set to the following.

tilleyrw_at_debian:/home/oracle/Disk1$ echo $DISPLAY :0

I can see the difference between the two variables, but do not know how to correct the problem. Any ideas out there?

Any comments or information are appreciated.

Robert Tilley, tilleyrw_at_cfl.rr.com

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Any comments or information are appreciated.

Robert Tilley, tilleyrw_at_cfl.rr.com