Cannot start Oracle 8i Java installer (which worked fine under RH 7.0) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: After typing '/mnt/cdrom/install/linux/runInstaller' as Oracle-user or as any other user with login shell it shows "Initializing Java Virtual Machine from ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre. Please wait..." but nothing more happens. 'ps faux' gives the following: user1 8883 0.0 1.8 8124 4572 ? S 20:47 0:01 gnome-terminal --use-factory --start-factory-server user1 8886 0.0 0.2 1404 576 ? S 20:47 0:00 \_gnome-pty-helper user1 8887 0.0 0.6 2768 1660 pts/0 S 20:47 0:00 \_ bash user1 9024 0.0 0.2 1404 508 pts/0 S 21:14 0:00 \_/mnt/cdrom/install/linux/runInstaller hombre 9025 94.2 0.9 37588 2292 pts/0 R 21:14 14:57 \_/mnt/cdrom/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/linux/native_th I tried this under various window managers and made an 'strace' on it which gives me: ... -- cut -- Please wait... ) = 131 fork() = 9084 wait4(-1, The same thing happend when using a normal X-terminal.
Reassigning, this is now a Red Hat Linux install issue.
Correct that...*not* a Red Hat Linux install issue.
I've run into the same or a related problem; I *have* followed the release notes' instruction on using the compat libs. I can get two different responses: If I run the installer in -silent mode, I get the errors described above If I run the installer without -silent mode, I get this: SIGSEGV received at bfffe8b4 in /var/local/archive/databases/oracle/dbms/8.1.7/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads/libjava.so. Processing terminated However, apparently something starts and spins in the background, chewing up all the CPU it gets.
Duplicate of 38372. Find the fix documented here: http://www.thomasfly.com/Oranux/
It is also covered in the Red Hat Linux 7.1 release notes.