Upgrading legacy application

Please don't laugh, but we are still using rpt (sql*report)
Yes, I know it was desupported before some of you were born, but up until now it has still worked, so we have not bothered to rewrite a number of complicated application modules.
We are now migrating to a new server with oracle 11 on Solaris 11 and rpt is failing with ora-3113.
I remember we had a similar problem with oracle 9 and found a bizarre fix - I think it involved regranting connect to each user, but that has not worked this time.
Has anyone encountered rpt running against oracle 10 or 11 ?
Does anyone know a reason why it should not work ?
The rpt we are using with 9.2 is installed under an old oracle 7 home. I have not copied the whole oracle_home onto the new server so perhaps rpt is dependent on some other files ?

rpt used to work fine with 9i, since client applications from 7.3 used to be supported against 9iR2, however since 10gR1 connections with 7.3 clients is no longer supported, so the only choice you have is either rebuild your application with a modern reporting tool or use 9i as a bridge rdbms between the legacy application and the 11g database through database links.
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