OUI and >30 character kernel names

From: Brian Tkatch <N/A>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:04:00 -0400
Message-ID: <fk0ci3t4ri057hbqo9ae8cuo6fu0p92k8j@4ax.com>

Oracle 9.2

While trying to install the Oracle client on a server, the team got an error. Searching for this error on google found the following where someone hit the same error:
<URL:http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/dont-install-oracle-on-linux-servers-with-long-kernel-names/>.

Basically, if the kernel name has more than 30 characters, the OUI will crash. We're using both SLES8 and SLES9 (SUSE installs). On the SLES 8 servers we're fine: $ uname -r |wc

1 1 19
as it only has 18 chars, and indeed the OUI worked there. The failing server is SLES9: $ uname -r | wc

1 1 43
and the 42 character kenel name is ostensibly causing the issue.

Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround other than recompiling the kernel?

B. Received on Mon Oct 29 2007 - 11:04:00 CDT