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  • ketil V.
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    [newbie] Why does not my installer start?

    I am trying to install Oracle 8.1.7-3 on a clean SuSE 8.2 -
    based system, but the Installer will not pop up any interface!

    What I have done is the following:
    - Installed 8.2, and upgraded with the latest patches using
    YaST2
    - Installed Blackdown JRE, so there is a
    /usr/local/jdk118_v3 - directory with the correct Java
    - Created a soft link from this directory to /usr/local/java
    - Installed orarin81.rpm, unpacked the 8.1.7 tar-file from
    Oracle to /install/
    - Created a oracle home with the info from /etc/skel/ as
    suggested in the SuSE paper 718_sles7_insta ll.pdf
    - Logged in (KDE) as user oracle, started xterm and ran
    /install/Disk1/runInstaller

    This not did the trick, so I started from scratch once more,
    WITHOUT updating the distro, in case SuSE have any updated RPMs
    with side effects.

    When this did not solve the problem either, I tried to unset the
    variables LANG, LC_CTYPE, RC_TYPE and LC_COLLATE in the xterm I
    use to start the runInstaller script.

    Now, the runInstaller script make the prompt free again, and a
    ps -a shows both runInstaller and jre running. The processor is
    working hard on something, so something have happened.

    But the installer is still not visible...

    Dows anybody have any suggestions about
    what I might be missing ?

    - The computer got 320 MB RAM, so I dont think that should be
    the problem...

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    • Steve
      #2
      Re: [newbie] Why does not my installer start?

      "ketil V." <ketil_v@c2i.ne twrote in message news:<z%9Wa.480 6$BD3.2374054@j uliett.dax.net> ...
      I am trying to install Oracle 8.1.7-3 on a clean SuSE 8.2 -
      based system, but the Installer will not pop up any interface!
      >
      What I have done is the following:
      - Installed 8.2, and upgraded with the latest patches using
      YaST2
      - Installed Blackdown JRE, so there is a
      /usr/local/jdk118_v3 - directory with the correct Java
      - Created a soft link from this directory to /usr/local/java
      - Installed orarin81.rpm, unpacked the 8.1.7 tar-file from
      Oracle to /install/
      - Created a oracle home with the info from /etc/skel/ as
      suggested in the SuSE paper 718_sles7_insta ll.pdf
      - Logged in (KDE) as user oracle, started xterm and ran
      /install/Disk1/runInstaller
      >
      This not did the trick, so I started from scratch once more,
      WITHOUT updating the distro, in case SuSE have any updated RPMs
      with side effects.
      >
      When this did not solve the problem either, I tried to unset the
      variables LANG, LC_CTYPE, RC_TYPE and LC_COLLATE in the xterm I
      use to start the runInstaller script.
      >
      Now, the runInstaller script make the prompt free again, and a
      ps -a shows both runInstaller and jre running. The processor is
      working hard on something, so something have happened.
      >
      But the installer is still not visible...
      >
      Dows anybody have any suggestions about
      what I might be missing ?
      >
      - The computer got 320 MB RAM, so I dont think that should be
      the problem...
      Because you haven't set the DISPLAY variable correctly.

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        • sybrandb@yahoo.com
          #3
          Re: [newbie] Why does not my installer start?

          "ketil V." <ketil_v@c2i.ne twrote in message news:<R8sWa.488 3$BD3.2383038@j uliett.dax.net> ...
          Steve wrote:
          "ketil V." <ketil_v@c2i.ne twrote in message news:<z%9Wa.480 6$BD3.2374054@j uliett.dax.net> ...
          >I am trying to install Oracle 8.1.7-3 on a clean SuSE 8.2 -
          >based system, but the Installer will not pop up any interface!
          >
          >What I have done is the following:
          >- Installed 8.2, and upgraded with the latest patches using
          YaST2
          >- Installed Blackdown JRE, so there is a
          /usr/local/jdk118_v3 - directory with the correct Java
          >- Created a soft link from this directory to /usr/local/java
          >- Installed orarin81.rpm, unpacked the 8.1.7 tar-file from
          Oracle to /install/
          >- Created a oracle home with the info from /etc/skel/ as
          suggested in the SuSE paper 718_sles7_insta ll.pdf
          >- Logged in (KDE) as user oracle, started xterm and ran
          /install/Disk1/runInstaller
          >
          >This not did the trick, so I started from scratch once more,
          >WITHOUT updating the distro, in case SuSE have any updated RPMs
          >with side effects.
          >
          >When this did not solve the problem either, I tried to unset the
          >variables LANG, LC_CTYPE, RC_TYPE and LC_COLLATE in the xterm I
          >use to start the runInstaller script.
          >
          >Now, the runInstaller script make the prompt free again, and a
          >ps -a shows both runInstaller and jre running. The processor is
          >working hard on something, so something have happened.
          >
          >But the installer is still not visible...
          >
          >Dows anybody have any suggestions about
          >what I might be missing ?
          >
          >- The computer got 320 MB RAM, so I dont think that should be
          >the problem...

          Because you haven't set the DISPLAY variable correctly.
          >
          hmmm, I believed that since I was able to start other graphical
          programs, as Mozilla, from xterm, I were able to start the
          installer as well. (Silly me...)
          >
          What is the values for the DISPLAY variable? - Ideally I would
          like to run the installer from a xterm console on a remote
          computer, via ssh (ssh 192.168.2.96 -loracle)
          <name or ip of your terminal>:0.0

          On the server :0 should be sufficient

          Sybrand Bakker
          Senior Oracle DBA

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