Unable to start Oracle instance

[zdenekm]

Hi,
I cannot start Oracle instance (v. 8.1.7) on Linux (kernel 2.4.17).
I have configured kernel parameters (shm & semaphores) acording to documentation but when I try to start DB I get these errors:
ORA-24323: value not allowed
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
The same Oracle version works well on other machine with kernel 2.2.18.

[sanju_dba]

try playing by reducing of SGA sizing parameters and process parameter

[justadba]

ORA-24323 is caused by a null or invalid value in the init.ora file for a mandatory parameter. At least that's what the error message states.

[julian]

I have configured kernel parameters (shm & semaphores) acording to documentation but when I try to ...

Did you solve the problem? If not post here the init.ora and let us know how many semaphores you have.

[zdenekm]

------ Semaphore Limits --------
max number of arrays (SEMMNI) = 128
max semaphores per array (SEMMSL) = 250
max semaphores system wide (SEMMNS) = 32000
max ops per semop call (SEMOPM) = 100
semaphore max value (SEMVMX) = 32767

------ Shared Memory Limits --------
max number of segments (SHMMNI) = 4096
max seg size (kbytes) (SHMMAX) = 2097151
max total shared memory (kbytes) = 8388608
min seg size (bytes) (SHMMIN) = 1
SHMSEG = 4096

init.ora
db_name=ESCT
db_files = 128
db_file_multiblock_read_count = 8
db_block_buffers = 400
db_block_lru_latches = 2
shared_pool_size = 32M
log_checkpoint_interval = 10000
processes = 128
job_queue_interval = 120
db_block_size parallel_max_servers = 5
log_buffer = 256000
timed_statistics = true # if you want timed max_dump_file_size = 10240
log_archive_dest = /services/db/pes/product/8.1.7/db/ESCT/arch/ log_archive_format = arch_ESC_%S.ARC
open_cursors = 256
session_cached_cursors = 32
sort_area_size = 256000
transactions_per_rollback_segment = 42
control_files = (/services/db/pes/product/8.1.7/db/ESCT/dbs/ctrlESC1.ctl, /services/db/pes/product/8.1.7/db/ESCT/dbf/ctrlESC2.ctl, /services/db/pes/product/8.1.7/db/ESCT/ctl/ctrlESC3.ctl)
background_dump_dest= /services/db/pes/admin/ESCT/bdump
core_dump_dest = /services/db/pes/admin/ESCT/cdump
user_dump_dest = /services/db/pes/admin/ESCT/udump

[pipo]

do you really have this precise line in your init.ora file or is it just a paste problem :

db_block_size parallel_max_servers = 5

if you have this line, then you'd better specify a value for db_block_size

[zdenekm]

It was paste problem

db_block_size = 8192
parallel_max_servers = 5

[julian]

Try to startup with the following changes:

# db_block_lru_latches = 2 # you don't use keep or recycle pool
shared_pool_size = 64M #32M too small shared pool might be the reason ofr 3113
processes = 300 # 128 perhaps the processes are not enough?
timed_statistics = false # true sometimes true causes 3113

[zdenekm]

I have change the parameters:
shared_pool_size = 200M
processes = 300

The problem is always the same. Shared memory segment is created but instace processes can't start.

[dinocwh]

i got the same problem when i try to install ops option on linux (finally i quit ). pls also check that your library during installation is glib2.1 and relink your binary successfully.