Re: Need help with ConText "relocation error" problem (Solaris)

On 21 Apr 2002 12:12:12 -0700, dd_at_crippledcollie.com (David Dalton) wrote:

>I'm trying to get interMedia Text 8.1.5 working under Solaris 8
>(Intel). I'm following the instructions at
>http://otn.oracle.com/products/text/x/Tech_Overviews/imt_815.html.
>
>I get this error:
>
>Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
>
>SQL> exec ctx_output.start_log('log')
>BEGIN ctx_output.start_log('log'); END;
>
>*
>ERROR at line 1:
>ORA-20000: ConText error:
>ORA-06520: PL/SQL: Error loading external library
>ORA-06522: ld.so.1: extprocPLSExtProc: fatal: relocation error: file
>/users/oracle/ctx/lib/libctxx8.so: symbol ociepgoe: referenced symbol
>not found
>ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.DRUE", line 122
>ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.CTX_OUTPUT", line 39
>ORA-06512: at line 1
>
>I know that there's been discussion about similar problems in this
>newsgroup, but I've been unable to find the solution from newsgroup
>searches. I've applied all the recommended Solaris patches (I'm at 5.8
>Generic_108529-14 i86pc i386 i86pc). I've done a 'relink all'. I have
>not reinstalled Oracle. I'm quite sure that LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set
>correctly.
>
>Could a problem like this be caused by misconfigured IPC in
>listener.ora or tnsnames.ora?
>
>Or is this purely a problem with shared libraries?
>
>Is there any way I can fix this surgically? If not, is reinstalling
>Oracle likely to help?
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>David Dalton
>San Francisco

The base problem is here

>/users/oracle/ctx/lib/libctxx8.so: symbol ociepgoe: referenced symbol
>not found

You need to use tools like nm and ld to find out where ocipgoe is expected to be found.
And, YES, this very much DOES smell like a LD_LIBRARY_PATH problem, and as you don't include it in your post, no one can verify it's correctness.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Sun Apr 21 2002 - 23:43:58 CDT