problem getting Oracle Installer to pop up
This should be an easy one for some of you. I've been trying to
install Oracle8i 8.1.6 on RedHat 7.2 but when I mount the cd and
issue the command ./runInstaller, i get a message saying the
java virtual machine is being initialized... please wait. But
then absolutely nothing happens after that point. Not even an
error message. (also tried 8.1.7: same thing) I thought that the
display setting might be the problem so I issued:
export DISPLAY=localhost.localdomain:0.0
but that didn't solve the problem. I'm thinking maybe i don't
have the correct name of my machine. How can i identify the name
of the machine or even the IP address of the machine? Some
people have suggested that it might be a problem with java
components and told me to download and install jdk but if that
was the problem wouldn't i get an error message of some sort. It
seems to me like the initialization is fine the Oracle Installer
interface is just not being displayed on the screen for some
reason. Then again someone told me that pentium 4 processor
might be the culprit of the whole problem. I'm not sure what to
think anymore.I have been thinking too much my head is about to
explode. Someone please help me with this, I have been on this
for weeks and still can' get passed this first step. A big thank
you to anyone who can help solve this problem.
Peace.
Toneman