ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
Cause: Pointer to HSTDEF extension in HSTDEF is null.
Action: Contact Oracle Customer Support.
"Ben New" <ben_at_leftclick.com.au> wrote in message
news:3c14cae8.23412295_at_news.vianet.net.au...
> Oh yeah, one more thing... now the database wont start. This is the
> example output (spaces and junk removed):
>
> bash> dbstart
> SQL> ERROR:
> ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
> SQL> ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
> ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
> SQL>
> Database "[SID]" warm started.
>
> Does anyone know what a "hostdef extension" is or how to create one?
> Can anyone help my broken installation?
>
> Regards,
> Ben New
> Leftclick Software Development
>
> ben_at_leftclick.com.au
>
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:40:26 GMT, ben_at_leftclick.com.au (Ben New)
> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have been tearing my hair out trying to install Oracle 9i AS (9.0.1)
> >Standard Edition on SuSE Linux 7.1 Professional, running kernel 2.4.4.
> >
> >AFAIK, I have completed the pre-installation tasks and followed the
> >installation instructions from the installation disc.
> >
> >Before installing iAS the database configuration was working fine -
> >i.e. I could login/out using SQL*Plus and perform normal database
> >operations - create, drop, etc.
> >
> >During installation, in the "Linking Application Server" part, I got
> >the following error message:
> >
> >Error in invoking target relink of makefile
> >/opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/precomp/lib/ins_precomp.mk.
> >
> >Calling the makefile by hand produces the following:
> >
> >bash> make -f ins_precomp.mk relink
> >rm -f /opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/bin/
> >rm: '/opt/oracle/product/9.0.1/bin' is a directory
> >make: *** [relink] Error 1
> >
> >In the Configuration section of the install, both the HTTP Server and
> >Portal 3.0 startups fail. However I feel this is because of the
> >previous error.
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Ben New
> >Leftclick Software Development
> >
> >ben_at_leftclick.com.au
> >
>
Received on Mon Dec 10 2001 - 20:15:46 CST
