Mandrake Linux 8.0 - can't get Oracle Universal Installer to run

Question

Hi all.
I'm having trouble getting Oracle's Universal Installer to run.
I'm trying to become DBA certified, so I went and purchased
(among
other materials) a book titled "Oracle8i for LINUX Starter Kit",
authored by Steve Bobrowski, published by Oracle Press / Osborne
McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-212442-3.
The book includes a CD-ROM with Oracle8i Enterprise Edition,
Release 2, version 8.1.6 for LINUX.
I'm running an Intel P-III 500 MHz with 512MB RAM, 30GB hard disk
exclusively configured for Linux (no other O/S on it) and Oracle
(so LOTS of hard disk space is available), Matrox Millennium G400
video card (32MB).
My hardware exceeds all requirements listed in aforementioned
book, and also in Oracle's own documentation (from their web
site).
I'm running Mandrake's Linux 8.0, PowerPack Edition, with:
kernel = 2.4.3
XFree 4.0.3 (and I've also tried 3.3.6, with identical results
to those listed below)
glibc 2.2.2
I've followed the book's instructions to the letter, and set up
the environment variables, oracle user, and subdirectories as
required.
So far, so good.
OK. Now, here's where the problem appears:
I log in as the oracle user, and try to start the Oracle
Universal Installer (following the instructions in the book)
as follows:
cd /mnt/cdrom
./runInstaller
The computer tries to do some stuff, then spews the information
listed at the bottom of this posting to the screen. I press
<ENTER> after "OK" and get dumped back to the bash prompt.
That's it. I can't go any further. No Oracle Universal
Installer.
By the way, I've also downloaded Oracle8i Enterprise Edition
Release 3, version 8.1.7 from Oracle's website, and tried to
install that, too. Exactly same results.
The nice folks at Oracle have politely told me to get lost,
and not bug them for unpaid support.
I'd really like to get this stuff up and running, so I can
start studying and practicing for DBA, but I need help 'cause
this problem is beyond me.
So... can anyone help??
Thanks in advance.
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Here's what shows up when I try to start the Oracle Universal
Installer:
[oracle@localhost cdrom]$ ./runInstaller
[oracle@localhost cdrom]$ Initializing Java Virtual Machine
from ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expande
d/linux/bin/jre. Please wait...
SIGSEGV received at bfffedac
in /mnt/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/E
xpanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads/libjava.so. Processing
terminated
Sat Sep 29 12:58:56 2001
jre full version "JDK 1.1.8 IBM build l118-20000429 (JIT
enabled: jitc)"
Operating Environment
Host : localhost.localdomain.localdomain
OS Level : 2.4.3-20mdk.#1 Sun Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001
glibc Version : 2.2.2
No. of Procs : 1
Memory Info:
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
     Mem: 525901824 116862976 409038848 0 6377472
61140992
     Swap: 1069244416 0 1069244416
     MemTotal: 513576 kB
     MemFree: 399452 kB
     MemShared: 0 kB
     Buffers: 6228 kB
     Cached: 59708 kB
     Active: 63740 kB
     Inact_dirty: 2196 kB
     Inact_clean: 0 kB
     Inact_target: 1072 kB
     HighTotal: 0 kB
     HighFree: 0 kB
     LowTotal: 513576 kB
     LowFree: 399452 kB
     SwapTotal: 1044184 kB
     SwapFree: 1044184 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 : 16383
Application Environment
Signal Handlers -
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 : doSuspendLoop (libjava.so)
Environment Variables -
PWD=/mnt/cdrom/install
LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib
ORACLE_SID=oralin
TMPDIR=/usr/oracle/tmp
XAUTHORITY=/usr/oracle/.Xauthority
mc=
LC_MESSAGES=en_US
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/mnt/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/
1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads:/lib:/usr/lib
:/usr/lib
NLSPATH=/usr/share/locale/%l/%N
CLASSPATH=/usr/oracle/tmp/OraInstall:../stage/Components/oracle.s
wd.oui/1.7.0.18.0A/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/OraInstaller.jar:../s
tage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.0.18.0A/1/DataFiles/Expanded/l
ib/InstImages.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.0.18.0A/
1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/InstHelp.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.
swd.oui/1.7.0.18.0A/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/oracleice.jar:../sta
ge/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.0.18.0A/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib
/help.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.0.18.0A/1/DataFi
les/Expanded/lib/ewt.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.0
.18.0A/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/xmlparser.jar:../stage/Components
/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.0.18.0A/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/swingaccess.
jar:/mnt/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/
Expanded/linux/lib/rt.jar:/mnt/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.
jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/i18n.jar:/mnt/cdrom/stag
e/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/
math.jar:/mnt/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataF
iles/Expanded/linux/lib/classes.zip
LESSKEY=/etc/.less
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
BROWSER=kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing
LESS=-MM
USER=oracle
LC_TIME=en_US
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;3
3;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;
32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.
tgz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=
01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz
2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;3
5:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.t
if=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:
THREADS_TYPE=native_threads
MACHTYPE=i586-mandrake-linux-gnu
KDE_MULTIHEAD=f
KDE_MULTIHEAD=false
HELP_BROWSER=kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing
THREADS_FLAG=native
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/oracle
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/usr/oracle/.gtkrc
XMODIFIERS=@im=none
LANG=en
JAVA_HOME=/mnt/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/Data
Files/Expanded/linux
ORACLE_BASE=/usr/oraInventory
LC_NUMERIC=en_US
COLORTERM=
ORACLE_HOME=/usr/oracle
TMP=/usr/oracle/tmp
DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
LOGNAME=oracle
SHLVL=3
LC_CTYPE=en_US
SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-
unix/1074
SHELL=/bin/bash
HOSTTYPE=i586
QT_XFT=0
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
HISTSIZE=1000
HOME=/usr/oracle
TERM=xterm
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/u
sr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/oracle/bin
SECURE_LEVEL=3
LC_MONETARY=en_US
RPM_INSTALL_LANG=en_US:en
LC_COLLATE=en_US
LIBPATH=/mnt/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFi
les/Expanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads
Libraries Loaded by the JVM
<main>
libjitc.so
libzip.so
Current Thread Details
"main" (TID:0x4032a2d8, sys_thread_t:0x804de98)
Native Thread State: ThreadID: 00000400 Reuse: 1 USER
PRIMORDIAL RUNNING
Native Stack Data : base: bfffef08 pointer bffdf764 used
(128932) free(-12196)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
Java_java_lang_System_initProperties_stub
invokeNativeMethod
invokeLazyNativeMethod
__irem_trap6
------ 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:0x4032a238,
sys_thread_t:0x80dca78)
Native Thread State: ThreadID: 00000803 Reuse: 1 DAEMON
MONITOR WAIT
Native Stack Data : base: bf5ffb20 pointer bf5ff914 used
(524) free(116212)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
sysMonitorWait
sysThreadSleep
threadSleep
SetOrigArgs
sysThread_shell
pthread_detach
__clone
------ Java stack ------ () prio=1
"Finalizer thread" (TID:0x4032a288, sys_thread_t:0x80dc7f8)
Native Thread State: ThreadID: 00000402 Reuse: 1 DAEMON
MONITOR WAIT
Native Stack Data : base: bf7ffb20 pointer bf7ff988 used
(408) free(116328)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
sysMonitorWait - waiting on Finalize me queue lock
finalizeOnExit
sysThread_shell
pthread_detach
__clone
------ Java stack ------ () prio=1
"main" (TID:0x4032a2d8, sys_thread_t:0x804de98)
Native Thread State: ThreadID: 00000400 Reuse: 1 USER
PRIMORDIAL RUNNING
Native Stack Data : base: bfffef08 pointer bffdf758 used
(128944) free(-12208)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
Java_java_lang_System_initProperties_stub
invokeNativeMethod
invokeLazyNativeMethod
__irem_trap6
------ 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
[oracle@localhost cdrom]$
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Answer 1

I have Mandrake 8.0 on PII-600, 256 RAM. I used the downloaded
8.1.7. Edit JRE_LOCATION in Disk1/install/oraparam.ini to point
to your version of JRE 1.1.8 v3 (JRE from
http://www.backdown.org). Then try with NUMLOCK=OFF.
I just clicked the 'typical' installation. It failed at the end
and did not install the database manager. The error message was:
SIGGEV received at bfffea90 in
/u01/app/oracle/jre/1.1.8/lib/linux/native_threads/libjava.so
Process terminated
Writing stack trace to javacore30299.txt... OK
/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/bin/dbassist: line 103: 30229
Segmentation fault $JRE_EXEC -Duser.dir=$USER_DIR -classpath
$CLASSPATH DBCreateWizard $ARGUMENTS
If you get beyond this point, let me know. Good luck!