Re: HELP wanted with bringing Oracle up!

In article <1tctbl$l6r_at_mail.fwi.uva.nl> halderen_at_fwi.uva.nl writes:

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>The output from "dbstart" reads:
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> SQL*DBA: Version 6.0.33.1.1 - Production on Wed May 19 09:55:17 1993
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> Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1979, 1989. All rights reserved.
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> ORACLE RDBMS V6.0.33.1.1, transaction processing option - Production
> PL/SQL V1.0.32.3.1 - Production
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> ORA-00445: background process 'PMON' didn't start
> ORA-07269: spdcr: detached process died after exec.
>
> SQL*DBA complete.
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> Database "fwi1" warm started.
>
>The first error seems to be the problem;
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> ORA-00445: background process '/name/' didn't start
> Cause: The specified process did not start
> Action: Make sure the executable image is in the right location
> with the correct protections, then retry the operation.
>
>Since PMON is just another process of the oracle executable and oracle
>did run I can do much with the 'Action' on this error message. The next
>error gives some more information:

  Check the permissions on the executables. Also use ipcs to check the shared memory segments.   

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