RE: oninit dies without error on RedHat 9
You need to change your glibc version. The one you have is buggy.
Ours ran fine when we installed the correct version (dont have the server
handy now).
MW
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org
> [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Marc Prud'hommeaux
> Sent: Thursday, 5 June 2003 7:52 p.m.
> To: informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject: oninit dies without error on RedHat 9
>
>
> A clean Informix 9.40 install on RedHat 9 (with glibc 2.3.2) seems to
> have gone fine. I configured the INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts file
> correctly (as per an installation I had on a previous release of
> RedHat). I have a problem where "oninit" silently dies after "Bringing
> up ADM VP..." with no error message.
>
> I have read various problems people have had with RH 9's version of
> glibc. Is there any workaround I can use to get Informix working
> (aside from installing a previous RH version, which isn't possible for
> us to do), or should I just give up?
>
>
> When running "oninit -ivy", I get:
>
>
> Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded
> Reading configuration file
> '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig.ifxtest'...succeeded
> Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded
> Creating infos file "/opt/informix/etc/.infos.ifxtest" ...
> "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.ifxtest" ... succeeded
> Writing to infos file ... succeeded
> Checking config parameters...succeeded
> Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded
> Creating resident pool 1382 kbytes...succeeded
> Creating buffer pool 10002 kbytes...succeeded
> Initializing rhead structure...succeeded
> Initializing ASF ...succeeded
> Initializing Dictionary Cache and SPL Routine Cache...succeeded
> Bringing up ADM VP...
>
> ... and then it dies silently. The online.log is not very helpful;
> this is all that is written to it:
>
> 03:39:08 Informix Dynamic Server Started.
>
> Thu Jun 5 03:39:08 2003
>
> 03:39:08 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG =
> '/opt/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh'
> 03:39:08 Booting Language <c> from module <>
> 03:39:08 Loading Module <CNULL>
> 03:39:08 Booting Language <builtin> from module <>
> 03:39:08 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL>
>
>
>
> My configuration files follow. Any help at all would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
> INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts:
>
> ifxtest onipcshm calypso ifxtest_shm
> ifxtest_net onsoctcp calypso ifxtest_net>
>
>
> INFORMIXDIR/etc/onconfig.ifxtest:
>
> #*************************************************************
> *************
> #
> # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
> #
> # Title: onconfig.std
> # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
> #
> #*************************************************************
> *************
>
> # Root Dbspace Configuration
>
> ROOTNAME ifxtestdbs # Root dbspace name
> ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device
> (Kbytes)
> ROOTSIZE 30000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes)>
> # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters
>
> MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0)
> MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored> root
> MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes)>
> # Physical Log Configuration
>
> PHYSDBS ifxtestdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log
> PHYSFILE 2000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)>
> # Logical Log Configuration
>
> LOGFILES 6 # Number of logical log files
> LOGSIZE 2000 # Logical log size (Kbytes)>
> # Diagnostics
>
> CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path>
> # To automatically backup logical logs, edit alarmprogram.sh and set
> # BACKUPLOGS=Y
> ALARMPROGRAM /opt/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh # Alarm program path
> TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # Maintain tblspace statistics>
> # System Archive Tape Device
>
> TAPEBLK 32 # Tape block size (Kbytes)
> TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on
> tape (Kbytes)>
> # Log Archive Tape Device
>
> LTAPEBLK 32 # Log tape block size (Kbytes)
> LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log
> tape (Kbytes)>
> # Optical
>
> STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server staging area
>
> # System Configuration
>
> DBSERVERALIASES ifxtest # List of alternate dbservernames> #NETTYPE # Configure poll thread(s) for
> nettype
> DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in> distributed env.
> RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No =
> 0)>
>
> MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for> multi-processor
> NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> SINGLE_CPU_VP 1 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps> to one
>
> NOAGE 0 # Process aging
> AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor
> AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors>
> # Shared Memory Parameters
>
> LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks
> BUFFERS 5000 # Maximum number of shared buffers
> NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps
> PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes)
> LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)
> CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes
> SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory> segment size
> SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments
> (Kbytes)
> SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes).
> 0=>unlimited
> CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec)
> LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues
> LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning> limit
> LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit
> TXTIMEOUT 300 # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes)>
> # Dynamic Logging
> # DYNAMIC_LOGS:
> # 2 : server automatically add a new logical log when necessary.
> (ON)
> # 1 : notify DBA to add new logical logs when necessary. (ON)
> # 0 : cannot add logical log on the fly. (OFF)
> #
> # When dynamic logging is on, we can have higher values for
> LTXHWM/LTXEHWM,
> # because the server can add new logical logs during long transaction
> rollback.
> # However, to limit the number of new logical logs being added,
> LTXHWM/LTXEHWM
> # can be set to smaller values.
> #
> # If dynamic logging is off, LTXHWM/LTXEHWM need to be set to smaller
> values
> # to avoid long transaction rol