Installation of Oracle 8.1.7 on SUse 8

Question

I try to install oracle 8.1.7 server on a linux suse 8.0, following the oracle's instrucions.
but when i try to run the runInstaller happen this error:
someone can help me please?
thank
bye bye
oracle@linux:/cdrom> ./runInstaller
oracle@linux:/cdrom> Initializing Java Virtual Machine from ../stage/Components/
oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre. Please wait...
SIGSEGV received at bfffd858 in /media/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1
.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads/libjava.so. Processing te
rminated
Wed May 8 19:36:24 2002
jre full version "JDK 1.1.8 IBM build l118-20000713 (JIT enabled: jitc)"
Operating Environment
Host : linux.
OS Level : 2.4.18-4GB.#1 Wed Mar 27 13:57:05 UTC 2002
glibc Version : 2.2.5
No. of Procs : 1
Memory Info:
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 790069248 182607872 607461376 0 27107328 91045888
Swap: 815906816 0 815906816
MemTotal: 771552 kB
MemFree: 593224 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 26472 kB
Cached: 88912 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 38284 kB
Inactive: 119584 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 771552 kB
LowFree: 593224 kB
SwapTotal: 796784 kB
SwapFree: 796784 kB
User Limits (in bytes except for NOFILE and NPROC) -
RLIMIT_FSIZE : infinity
RLIMIT_DATA : infinity
RLIMIT_STACK : 2093056
RLIMIT_CORE : 0
RLIMIT_NOFILE : 1024
RLIMIT_NPROC : 6144
Application Environment
Signal Handlers -
SIGINT : ignored
SIGQUIT : ignored
SIGILL : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGABRT : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGFPE : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGBUS : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGSEGV : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGPIPE : ignored
SIGUSR1 : unknown handler
Environment Variables -
PWD=/media/cdrom/install
ORACLE_SID=ora1
PAGER=less
HOSTNAME=linux
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/media/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/Dat
aFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads:/lib:/usr/lib:/ora817/app/pracle/
product/8.1.7/lib
LESSCLOSE=lessclose.sh %s %s
LS_OPTIONS=-N --color=tty -T 0
QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3
SUSECONFIGPROFILE=true
CLASSPATH=/tmp/OraInstall:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1
/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/OraInstaller.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.
1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/InstImages.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui
/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/InstHelp.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.
oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/oracleice.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.
swd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/help.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.s
wd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/ewt.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd
.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/xmlparser.jar:../stage/Components/oracle
.swd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/swingaccess.jar:/media/cdrom/stage/C
omponents/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/rt.jar:/media/cdro
m/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/i18n.jar:
/media/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/li
b/math.jar:/media/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expand
ed/linux/lib/classes.zip
LESSKEY=/etc/lesskey.bin
LESSOPEN=lessopen.sh %s
MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/opt/gnome/man
OPERADIR=/usr/share/opera
GNOME_PATH=:/opt/gnome:/usr:/opt/gnome:/usr
NNTPSERVER=news
LESS=-M -I
USER=oracle
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40
;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;31:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.bt
m=01;32:*.dll=01;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tbz=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.arj=00;31:
*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*
.tbz2=00;31:*.png=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.pcx=0
1;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.wav=00;32:*.mp3=00;32:*.a
u=00;32:*.aiff=00;32:*.mid=00;32:*.voc=00;32:
THREADS_TYPE=native_threads
MACHTYPE=i686-suse-linux
XKEYSYMDB=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB
THREADS_FLAG=native
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
LESS_ADVANCED_PREPROCESSOR=no
LANG=it_IT@euro
GNOMEDIR=/opt/gnome
HOST=linux
ORACLE_BASE=/ora817/app/oracle
JAVA_HOME=/media/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles
/Expanded/linux
COLORTERM=1
ORACLE_HOME=/ora817/app/oracle/product/817
INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info
DISPLAY=linux:0
LOGNAME=oracle
SHLVL=2
TEXINPUTS=::/opt/oracle/.TeX:/usr/share/doc/.TeX:/usr/doc/.TeX:/opt/orac
le/.TeX:/usr/share/doc/.TeX:/usr/doc/.TeX
MINICOM=-c on
INFODIR=/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info
SHELL=/bin/bash
PRINTER=lp
HOSTTYPE=i386
CPU=i686
OSTYPE=linux
WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/kde
TERM=xterm
HOME=/opt/oracle
XNLSPATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/nls
no_proxy=localhost
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/
bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/opt/kde2/bin:/opt
/gnome/bin:/ora817/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/bin
NLS_LANG=italian
LC_COLLATE=POSIX
mc=() {  mkdir -p $HOME/.mc/tmp 2>/dev/null;
chmod 700 $HOME/.mc/tmp;
MC=$HOME/.mc/tmp/mc-$$;
/usr/bin/mc -P "$@" >"$MC";
cd "`cat $MC`";
rm -f "$MC";
unset MC
LIBPATH=/media/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/E
xpanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads
Libraries Loaded by the JVM
<main>
libjitc.so
libzip.so
Current Thread Details
"main" (TID:0x4031c2d8, sys_thread_t:0x804d500)
Native Thread State: Pid: 1158 ThreadID: 00000400 Reuse: 1 USER PRIMORDIAL R
UNNING
Native Stack Data : base: bfffed58 pointer bffdf750 used(128520) free(-1178
4)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
java_lang_System_initProperties
Java_java_lang_System_initProperties_stub
invokeNativeMethod
invokeLazyNativeMethod
ExecuteJava
------ Java stack ------ () prio=5 current thread
java.lang.System.initializeSystemClass(System.java)
Total Thread Count: 3
Active Thread Count: 3
JNI Thread Count: 0
Full thread dump:
"Async Garbage Collector" (TID:0x4031c238, sys_thread_t:0x80bb550)
Native Thread State: Pid: 1164 ThreadID: 00000803 Reuse: 1 DAEMON MONITOR W
AIT
Native Stack Data : base: bf5ffb20 pointer bf5ff914 used(524) free(116212)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
sysMonitorWait
sysThreadSleep
threadSleep
(null)
sysThread_shell
(null)
__clone
------ Java stack ------ () prio=1
"Finalizer thread" (TID:0x4031c288, sys_thread_t:0x80bb2d0)
Native Thread State: Pid: 1163 ThreadID: 00000402 Reuse: 1 DAEMON MONITOR W
AIT
Native Stack Data : base: bf7ffb20 pointer bf7ff988 used(408) free(116328)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
sysMonitorWait - waiting on Finalize me queue lock
(null)
sysThread_shell
(null)
__clone
------ Java stack ------ () prio=1
"main" (TID:0x4031c2d8, sys_thread_t:0x804d500)
Native Thread State: Pid: 1158 ThreadID: 00000400 Reuse: 1 USER PRIMORDIAL R
UNNING
Native Stack Data : base: bfffed58 pointer bffdf744 used(128532) free(-1179
6)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
java_lang_System_initProperties
Java_java_lang_System_initProperties_stub
invokeNativeMethod
invokeLazyNativeMethod
ExecuteJava
------ Java stack ------ () prio=5 current thread
java.lang.System.initializeSystemClass(System.java)
System Monitor Status
Thread queue lock: unowned.
Name and type hash table lock: unowned.
String intern lock: unowned.
JNI pinning lock: unowned.
JNI global reference lock: unowned.
Zip lock: unowned.
BinClass lock: unowned.
Class loading lock: unowned.
Java stack lock: unowned.
Code rewrite lock: unowned.
Heap Lock: unowned.
Has finalization queue lock: unowned.
Finalize me queue lock: unowned.
Integer lock access-lock: unowned.
Monitor cache lock: unowned.
Monitor registry: unowned.
Object Monitor Status
OK

Answer 1

hello,
I think you should try to type in the shell "unset LANG", then it should run properly.
Check also not to have 2 or three Jre process running (in the shel type 'ps' and then 'kill -9 PID NUMBER' of runinstaller processes)
good luck