Everytime I attempted to run the installer for Oracle the Installer run into a bunch syntax instead of starting Oracle Installer Program. I 've already updated the RPM's listed by MANDRAKE that was suppose to fixed the runinstaller problem. I doanload a new Java piece from Ibm's website still no change.. here 's the long message let me know how you guys worked around this problem.

thanks



[oracle@linux Disk1]$ ./runInstaller
Initializing Java Virtual Machine from ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/
1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre. Please wait...
[oracle@linux Disk1]$ SIGBUS received at bfffd408 in unknown. Processing termina
ted
Sun Sep 2 10:33:54 2001

jre full version "JDK 1.1.8 IBM build l118-20000713 (JIT enabled: jitc)"
Operating Environment
---------------------
Host : linux.cypress.com.cypress.com
OS Level : 2.4.3-20mdk.#1 Sun Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001
glibc Version : 2.2.2
No. of Procs : 1
Memory Info:
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 195899392 191221760 4677632 0 84189184 68202496
Swap: 261619712 0 261619712
MemTotal: 191308 kB
MemFree: 4568 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 82216 kB
Cached: 66604 kB
Active: 136168 kB
Inact_dirty: 9900 kB
Inact_clean: 2752 kB
Inact_target: 184 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 191308 kB
LowFree: 4568 kB
SwapTotal: 255488 kB
SwapFree: 255488 kB

User Limits (in bytes except for NOFILE and NPROC) -
RLIMIT_FSIZE : infinity
RLIMIT_DATA : infinity
RLIMIT_STACK : 2093056
RLIMIT_CORE : 0
RLIMIT_NOFILE : 1024
RLIMIT_NPROC : 6142

Application Environment
-----------------------
Signal Handlers -
SIGQUIT : ignored
SIGILL : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGABRT : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGFPE : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGBUS : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGSEGV : sysThreadIDump (libjava.so)
SIGPIPE : ignored
SIGUSR1 : doSuspendLoop (libjava.so)

Environment Variables -
PWD=/home/oracle/Disk1/install
LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib
XAUTHORITY=/home/oracle/.Xauthority
mc=
LC_MESSAGES=en_US
HOSTNAME=linux.cypress.com
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8
/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib
NLSPATH=/usr/share/locale/%l/%N
CLASSPATH=/tmp/OraInstall:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1
/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/OraInstaller.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.
1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/InstImages.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui
/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/InstHelp.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd.
oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/oracleice.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.
swd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/help.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.s
wd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/ewt.jar:../stage/Components/oracle.swd
.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/xmlparser.jar:../stage/Components/oracle
.swd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/swingaccess.jar:/home/oracle/Disk1/s
tage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/rt.jar:/home
/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/l
ib/i18n.jar:/home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles
/Expanded/linux/lib/math.jar:/home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/
1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/lib/classes.zip
LESSKEY=/etc/.less
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
KDE_DISPLAY=:0.0
BROWSER=kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing
LESS=-MM
USER=oracle
LC_TIME=en_US
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36i=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd
=40;33;01r=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=0
1;32:*.btm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.
arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.
gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:
*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=0
1;35:
THREADS_TYPE=native_threads
MACHTYPE=i586-mandrake-linux-gnu
KDE_MULTIHEAD=false
HELP_BROWSER=kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing
THREADS_FLAG=native
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/oracle
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/oracle/.gtkrc
XMODIFIERS=@im=none
LANG=en
JAVA_HOME=/home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/Dat
aFiles/Expanded/linux
LC_NUMERIC=en_US
COLORTERM=
DISPLAY=64.219.202.33:0.0
LOGNAME=oracle
SHLVL=3
LC_CTYPE=en_US
SESSION_MANAGER=local/linux.cypress.com:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1794
KDE_INITIAL_DESKTOP=1
SHELL=/bin/bash
HOSTTYPE=i586
QT_XFT=0
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
HISTSIZE=1000
HOME=/home/oracle
TERM=xterm
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R
6/bin:/usr/games
SECURE_LEVEL=2
LC_MONETARY=en_US
RPM_INSTALL_LANG=en_US:en
LC_COLLATE=en_US
LIBPATH=/home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataF
iles/Expanded/linux/lib/linux/native_threads

Libraries Loaded by the JVM
---------------------------

libjitc.so
libzip.so
libsysresource.so


Current Thread Details
----------------------
"main" (TID:0x4032f2d8, sys_thread_t:0x804deb0)
Native Thread State: Pid: 1924 ThreadID: 00000400 Reuse: 1 USER PRIMORDIAL R
UNNING
Native Stack Data : base: bfffef54 pointer bfffca00 used(9556) free(107180)
----- Monitors held -----
java.lang.Object@40344ef8
java.lang.Runtime@40345580
----- Native stack -----
??
getutmpx
??
_dl_open
dlopen
??
dlerror
dlopen
sysAddDLSegment
java_lang_Runtime_loadFileInternal
Java_java_lang_Runtime_loadFileInternal_stub
__irem_trap5
------ Java stack ------ () prio=5 *current thread*
java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary(Runtime.java)
java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java)
sun.awt.motif.MToolkit.(MToolkit.java:58)
java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:394)
oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifm.OiifmSplashScreen.getImage(OiifmSplashScree
n.java:67)
oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifm.OiifmSplashScreen.(OiifmSplashScreen.
java:45)
oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstaller.main(OiicInstaller.java:418)
----------------------------------------------------------------------


Total Thread Count: 3
Active Thread Count: 3
JNI Thread Count: 0

Full thread dump:
"Async Garbage Collector" (TID:0x4032f238, sys_thread_t:0x80bc018)
Native Thread State: Pid: 1930 ThreadID: 00000803 Reuse: 1 DAEMON MONITOR W
AIT
Native Stack Data : base: bf5ffb20 pointer bf5ff914 used(524) free(116212)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
sysMonitorWait
sysThreadSleep
threadSleep
SetOrigArgs
sysThread_shell
pthread_detach
__clone
------ Java stack ------ () prio=1
----------------------------------------------------------------------

"Finalizer thread" (TID:0x4032f288, sys_thread_t:0x80bbd98)
Native Thread State: Pid: 1929 ThreadID: 00000402 Reuse: 1 DAEMON MONITOR W
AIT
Native Stack Data : base: bf7ffb20 pointer bf7ff988 used(408) free(116328)
----- Monitors held -----
----- Native stack -----
sysMonitorWait - waiting on Finalize me queue lock
finalizeOnExit
sysThread_shell
pthread_detach
__clone
------ Java stack ------ () prio=1
----------------------------------------------------------------------

"main" (TID:0x4032f2d8, sys_thread_t:0x804deb0)
Native Thread State: Pid: 1924 ThreadID: 00000400 Reuse: 1 USER PRIMORDIAL R
UNNING
Native Stack Data : base: bfffef54 pointer bfffc9f4 used(9568) free(107168)
----- Monitors held -----
java.lang.Object@40344ef8
java.lang.Runtime@40345580
----- Native stack -----
??
getutmpx
??
_dl_open
dlopen
??
dlerror
dlopen
sysAddDLSegment
java_lang_Runtime_loadFileInternal
Java_java_lang_Runtime_loadFileInternal_stub
__irem_trap5
------ Java stack ------ () prio=5 *current thread*
java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary(Runtime.java)
java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java)
sun.awt.motif.MToolkit.(MToolkit.java:58)
java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:394)
oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifm.OiifmSplashScreen.getImage(OiifmSplashScree
n.java:67)
oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifm.OiifmSplashScreen.(OiifmSplashScreen.
java:45)
oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstaller.main(OiicInstaller.java:418)
----------------------------------------------------------------------


System Monitor Status
---------------------
Thread queue lock: unowned.
Name and type hash table lock: unowned.
String intern lock: unowned.
JNI pinning lock: unowned.
JNI global reference lock: unowned.
Zip lock: unowned.
BinClass lock: unowned.
Class loading lock: unowned.
Java stack lock: unowned.
Code rewrite lock: unowned.
Heap Lock: unowned.
Has finalization queue lock: unowned.
Finalize me queue lock: unowned.
Integer lock access-lock: unowned.
Monitor cache lock: unowned.
Monitor registry: unowned.

Object Monitor Status
---------------------
java.lang.Object@40344ef8: owner: "main"
java.lang.Runtime@40345580: owner: "main"
OK
[oracle@linux Disk1]$