[Debian] Oracle 10g Express - init.d start/stop script problem + fix

Question

I've experienced a problem with the init.d script "oracle xe" which is used to start/stop/reload the 10g server and comes with the debian package from oss.oracle.com.
I noticed that after installing Oracle 10g in the "Debian" way (via .deb package and an apt-source oss.oracle.com), the start and stop method of the script doesn't do anything.
It's checking for the value of the "ORACLE_DBENABLED" variable, which is on my installation set to "false", because I answered during installation false to the question "do you want to start Oracle 10g at system boot?".
In my opinion that's wrong. I should always be able to start/stop the Oracle server trough the init.d script regardless of your choice starting Oracle at boot or not.
I commented out row 604 and 621 in the file "/etc/init.d/oracle-xe" :
case "$1" in
  start)
        if test -f "$CONFIGURATION"
        then
                if test "$ORACLE_DBENABLED" != "true"
                then
                        echo "exit"
#                       exit 0
                fi
        else
        echo "Oracle Database 10g Express Edition is not configured.  You must
                exit 0
        fi
        start
  configure)
        configure
  stop)
        if test -f "$CONFIGURATION"
        then
                if test "$ORACLE_DBENABLED" != "true"
                then
                        echo "exit"
#                       exit 0
                fi
        else
        echo "Oracle Database 10g Express Edition is not configured.  You must
                exit 0
        fi
        stop
        ;;

Answer 1

Hello,
I have the same problem on RH9.
[root@phpsrv init.d]# ./oracle-xe start
Starting Oracle Net Listener.
/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/lsnrctl: relocation error: /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/../lib/libclntsh.so.10.1: symbol semtimedop, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
Starting Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Instance.
/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/sqlplus: relocation error: /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/../lib/libclntsh.so.10.1: symbol semtimedop, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
Failed to start Oracle Net Listener using /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/tnslsnr and Oracle Express Database using /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/sqlplus.
Regards,
Pavel Kucera