Re: 10g dbca fails to start

"ievel" <iev§takitout§el_at_sky§takitout§net.be> wrote in message news:41880dd1$0$19551$ba620e4c_at_news.skynet.be...
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> From: "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:21 PM
> Subject: Re: 10g dbca fails to start
>
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>>>>>I installed 10.1.0.2 on XP SP2. When starting the different assistants
>>>>>they fail to start without any error code or anything displayed.
>>>>>Process java.exe hangs at 100% CPU. DBCA already failed during
>>>>>installation.
>>>>> Database Configuration Assistant, Database Upgrade Assistant, Net
>>>>> Configuration Assistant and Net Manager all have the same problem.
>>>>> Starting the assistants via command line gives same problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know that this problem can be caused by having multiple homes on the
>>>>> same machine. But there is only one home on this machine.
>>>>> I already looked every where for any hints, including otn and
>>>>> metalink, without any luck.
>>>>>
>>>>> Somebody has any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> ievel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My first guess is: get rid of service pack 2. Or at least stop the
>>>> Security Centre service, and make sure the firewall is turned off.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> HJR
>>>>
>>>
>>> I had the same problem before installing SP2. Turning of the Security
>>> Centre service and the firewall doesn't help....
>>
>> Well, then you're doing something else wrong. Is this machine a clean XP
>> installation? Does it use DHCP?
>>
>> 10g goes onto a clean, properly-configured Windows XP Professional
>> machine without any effort at all, and with all its interesting bits
>> working afterwards.
>>
>> HJR
>>
> Yes it uses DHCP, but why should this influence the startup of a GUI
> interface?
>
> This is not what you call a clean XP installation, it is a machine I"m
> using
> for personal testing and developing. But it is installed and configured
> properly.
> Ideally maybe 10g should be installed on a clean system but this is not
> always possible.
> And this is not an excuse why none of the GUI interfaces should start.

Well, just think about it for a moment. Oracle writes a product that sells for thousands of dollars. Its (real) users will install it onto serious hardware in a serious server room. Resources will be dedicated to it. Resources, indeed, will probably be purchased specifically for it.

And yet you expect to be able to install it onto a pre-loved and pre-abused home PC without any trouble at all?

It IS always possible to install onto a clean machine. It's called VMware, and I document precisely this reason for using it at www.dizwell.com.

And DHCP is a total no-no as far as installing Oracle 10g is concerned. It says it in black and white in the installation guide. If you must have DHCP, then install a fixed-IP address loopback adapter to fool Oracle into believing that you don't have DHCP.

And you cannot possibly know whether any of that is affecting the GUI applications. My strong bet is that is *precisely* what is affecting them.

The real point here is: DHCP is a no-go. Dirty machine is a no-go. Don't expect Oracle to work until you fix both of those issues up.

HJR Received on Tue Nov 02 2004 - 17:43:10 CST