Re: oracle 8.1.6 installation

From: Ezr Vinh <d_a_p_at_my-deja.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:01:28 GMT
Message-ID: <9477h1$dul$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

I've seen this too. It has to do with the graphics mode your X server is running in. Apparently, the Java installer doesn't like 256 color display modes - when I switched to a 16-bit color mode, it was happy.

In article <947361$9n0$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, virtuasurfer_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi all
> I got the Oracle 8.1.6 CD from the book Oracle 8i starter kit. An
error
> occur in the beginning of the installation. The error message said
> "Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background". The first
> image has shown in the screen. But then it said "dump crashed". The
> silent mode caused the same problem too. How come the silent mode
> requires the colormap? Here is my config.
>
> Oracle 8.1.6 for Linux from the CD
> JRE 1.1.8 from the CD
> Linux kernel 2.2
>
> Thanks in advance. If anyone can point me to the FAQ is appreciated.
>
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