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Athlon X2 4200+ (2.2 Ghz), 2 GB RAM, HDD 2 x 250GB
OS: openSUSE 11 with Plesk 9 (32-bit)
Oracle installed Successful
Installation path: /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/ora
s15338338:/usr/lib/oracle/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 11 oracle dba 113 Jun 24 08:41 client
drwxr-xr-x 24 oracle dba 4096 Jun 24 10:05 server
s15338338:~ # echo $ORACLE_HOME
/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/ora
s15338338:~ # echo $ORACLE_SID
XE
s15338338:~ # echo $NLS_LANG
AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
s15338338:~ # echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/ora
s15338338:~ # cat /etc/oratab
XE:/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/
s15338338:~ # sysctl -p
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filte
fs.inotify.max_user_watche
net.ipv4.conf.default.prom
net.ipv4.conf.all.promote_
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_ran
net.core.rmem_default = 4194304
net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 262144
s15338338:~ # echo $JAVA_HOME
/srv/app/jdk1.5.0_18
s15338338:~ # echo $PATH
/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/ora
s15338338:~ # ps -ef | grep oracle
oracle 2944 1 0 07:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/ora
s15338338:~ # sqlplus
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue Jun 30 15:39:32 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: SYS
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
ORA-01034:
http://www.dba-oracle.com/
DONE
ORA-27101:
http://www.dba-oracle.com/
DONE
i can't login with sqlplus :(
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by: MikeOM_DBAPosted on 2009-07-03 at 09:19:42ID: 24773270
Check if you created a password file and then try:
# sqlplus '/as sysdba'
-- or --
# sqlplus
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue Jun 30 15:39:32 2009
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: SYS as sysdba
Enter password: