Problem starting/connecting

Question

I have just installed Oracle on a SuSE 6.0 box. I can start
Oracle but when I try to connect, I get an error message. Oracle
is a user in the dba group. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
oracle@server:/opt/oracle/bin > ./svrmgrl
Oracle Server Manager Release 3.0.5.0.0 - Production
(c) Copyright 1997, Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Oracle8 Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.0.0 -
Production
SVRMGR> connect
Username: oracle
Password:
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
SVRMGR>
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Answer 1

Juan Jose Boza (guest) wrote:
: Rodney A. Ramos (guest) wrote:
: : I've just installed Oracle 8.0.5 on Linux Red Hat 5.2 and I'm
: : having the same problem. I always receive the error message
: : ORA-01034 when I try to connect to the Database.
: : I've already used "connect system/manager", "connect
: : sys/change_on_install", "connect oracle/xxxx" (the account
I've
: : installed Oracle), and when I try to use "connect internal",
: the
: : system asks me a password!!!
: : How can I solve this problem?
: : TIA
: : Rodney A. Ramos
: When you install Oracle, you have two users predefined (and
: necessary): sys (password change_on_install) and system
(password
: manager), you have to connect like sys and start the database:
: SVRMGR>connect sys/change_on_install as sysdba
: SVRMGR>startup
: bye
: Juan Jose Boza
Thank you, Juan.
However, when I type "connect sys/change_on_install" I receive
the message "ORA-01034: oracle not available".
I think that the problem begins with the dbora script, which I
copied from the Installation Guide. It calls the dbstart script
("su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart &") and, inside this
script, we have the command "connect internal". At this point, I
receive the error message "ORA-01031: insufficient privileges".
I don't know if this has influency at the Database startup,
because at the end of the process I receive the message 'Database
"orac" warm started'.
But what I know is that I don't managed to connect to the
Database using the svrmgrl or the sqlplus. I receive the error
message "ORA-01034: ORACLE not available" for every account I
try: system/manager, sys/change_on_install, oracle/xxxx (the
account I installed Oracle), and when I try "connect internal",
it asks me for a password!!!
I'd be very grateful if someone could help me.
Rodney.
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