ATT: IIF2000+Linux SuSE6.3 HANGS System (Kernel2.2.13+glibc2.1.2)

Hi, lovely people, Informix statement (True??): "Informix Dynamic Server, Linux Edition Suite is certified to run on kernel 2.2.5, glibc 2.1.1." URL: http://www.informix.com/idn-secure/Linux/WebPages/download.html ________________ Well in fact: IT DOES NOT AT ALL!!. IIF2000 + Kernel2.2.13 + glibc2.1.2 + SuSE6.3 = HANGS System!! It only runs for the first time under "oninit -i". Even if you configure server for a 50MB Root rootdbs, with default ONCONFIG parameters, with a "ONIPCSHM" connection and nothing else, without any further change also, and just immediatly after "onmode -m", waiting of course to sysmaster/sysutils auto build complete, stop gracefully the server wich it does normally. If you stop the Server, and then you try to start it again you OBTAIN A COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG. No way to send any command to the system, YOU CANNOT by any means, not by telnet, not by any other tty, not nothing, only solution is to RESET the machine. Only interaction you can do is Alt+Fn to switch tty views, and just see old system output just before your oninit (nothing of use). If you restart Linux and try again, again COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG (FRITO). Exactly the same if you give a "oninit -s", again COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG (FRITO). Afterwards you try to obtain any (even minimal) clue of what did happened, and you find out that even the LOGGING TASK HANG (FRITO), so no clue. Can't see shared memory state because it is in a COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG (FRITO). Can't guess the cause, because it gives a very clean appearance on logs and every where else just the first time, just on "oninit -i" followed by "onmode -m", given by command or under onmonitor. So, there you are trying, stupidly, to make any usefull work with this pretended to be wonderful peace of software. Any clues??, might be helpfull (maybe Informix Support??), every body wellcome. If there are any responses to thread i'll give the complete details (i'm not new to IDS, just in fact i have IDS7.3 up and running, full speed and tunned on other machine, with same Linux basic hard and soft config). Well, just a bit, IDS=IIF-9.20.UC1-1 (59.527.845 bytes/Nov 17 1999 08:35:25), only this one installed (IDS.RPM). Of course i've got Answers Online 3.2 CD-ROM and did read a full of it. Please do not post until you are sure of what you state, and you are sure you are not kidding!! This News system is a very valuable resource that we must keep clean and usefull. Best regards, Eduardo Carriles (Sofronia Software) (Informix Partner - Spain)

Eduardo, Your difficulty may be in the use of shared memory? Possibly try setting up a TCP/IP connection? I, to be quite honest have been with Informix for serveral years and have not experienced any difficulties ( except a few of course ) with setup, installation or support with the Linux port. In fact, I rarely recieve any problems with Linux at all. So long as the environment is kept clean and updated ( updated kernel and libraries are installed ). I have just installed IIF2000 on my Redhat 6.1 ( updated to 2.2.14 kernel ) and I have no problems. It is running extremely well to be quite honest and have not had any problems. Have been running Java, C++ programs and the like. Try re-installing the binary's. Be sure to check your environment variables ( INFORMIXSERVER and INFORMIXDIR ) to be sure you are not overwritting another instance. Try updating your kernel as your libraries seem to be up to date. If none of that works, let me know. Are you using ( simulated raw chunks or files? -- I say simulated because Linux does not support raw disks ( character devices ) Just curious. Check permissions on these as well ( I guess you wouldn't get through the initialization if the files did not have the correct permissions on them. Don't give up quite so easily. Informix has its quirks but in all, I prefer Informix over many other vendors. It is ( if things work out well ) one of the easiest and most strongest vendors out on the market today. Really, I am not a sales guy, just have been working with Informix for a while and prefer it over others. In the meantime, if you would like to post your ONCONFIG file, I can take a look at it ( as others ) to see if there are loop holes that you may have missed. Often happens to the best of us :) HTH, Lloyd Wilson Eduardo Carriles <eduardo.carriles@teleline.es> wrote in message news:394519B7.6082FD81@teleline.es... > Hi, lovely people, > > Informix statement (True??): > > "Informix Dynamic Server, Linux Edition Suite is certified to run on > kernel 2.2.5, glibc 2.1.1." > > URL: > http://www.informix.com/idn-secure/Linux/WebPages/download.html > ________________ > > Well in fact: IT DOES NOT AT ALL!!. > > IIF2000 + Kernel2.2.13 + glibc2.1.2 + SuSE6.3 = HANGS System!! > > It only runs for the first time under "oninit -i". > > Even if you configure server for a 50MB Root rootdbs, with default > ONCONFIG parameters, with a "ONIPCSHM" connection and nothing else, > without any further change also, and just immediatly after "onmode -m", > waiting of course to sysmaster/sysutils auto build complete, stop > gracefully the server wich it does normally. > > If you stop the Server, and then you try to start it again you OBTAIN A > COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG. > > No way to send any command to the system, YOU CANNOT by any means, not > by telnet, not by any other tty, not nothing, only solution is to RESET > the machine. > > Only interaction you can do is Alt+Fn to switch tty views, and just see > old system output just before your oninit (nothing of use). > > If you restart Linux and try again, again COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG (FRITO). > > Exactly the same if you give a "oninit -s", again COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG > (FRITO). > > Afterwards you try to obtain any (even minimal) clue of what did > happened, and you find out that even the LOGGING TASK HANG (FRITO), so > no clue. > > Can't see shared memory state because it is in a COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG > (FRITO). > > Can't guess the cause, because it gives a very clean appearance on logs > and every where else just the first time, just on "oninit -i" followed > by "onmode -m", given by command or under onmonitor. > > So, there you are trying, stupidly, to make any usefull work with this > pretended to be wonderful peace of software. > > Any clues??, might be helpfull (maybe Informix Support??), every body > wellcome. > > If there are any responses to thread i'll give the complete details (i'm > not new to IDS, just in fact i have IDS7.3 up and running, full speed > and tunned on other machine, with same Linux basic hard and soft > config). > > Well, just a bit, IDS=IIF-9.20.UC1-1 (59.527.845 bytes/Nov 17 1999 > 08:35:25), only this one installed (IDS.RPM). > > Of course i've got Answers Online 3.2 CD-ROM and did read a full of it. > > Please do not post until you are sure of what you state, and you are > sure you are not kidding!! > > This News system is a very valuable resource that we must keep clean and > usefull. > > Best regards, > Eduardo Carriles (Sofronia Software) > (Informix Partner - Spain) > >

In article <394519B7.6082FD81@teleline.es>, Eduardo Carriles <eduardo.carriles@teleline.es> writes >Hi, lovely people, > >Informix statement (True??): > >"Informix Dynamic Server, Linux Edition Suite is certified to run on >kernel 2.2.5, glibc 2.1.1." > >URL: >http://www.informix.com/idn-secure/Linux/WebPages/download.html >________________ > >Well in fact: IT DOES NOT AT ALL!!. > >IIF2000 + Kernel2.2.13 + glibc2.1.2 + SuSE6.3 = HANGS System!! > IIF2000 + Kernel2.2.5 + glibc 2.1.1 = Redhat 6.0. >It only runs for the first time under "oninit -i". > >Even if you configure server for a 50MB Root rootdbs, with default >ONCONFIG parameters, with a "ONIPCSHM" connection and nothing else, >without any further change also, and just immediatly after "onmode -m", >waiting of course to sysmaster/sysutils auto build complete, stop >gracefully the server wich it does normally. > >If you stop the Server, and then you try to start it again you OBTAIN A >COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG. > Same here!!!! It will freezes completely!! Arggh!! >No way to send any command to the system, YOU CANNOT by any means, not >by telnet, not by any other tty, not nothing, only solution is to RESET >the machine. > >Only interaction you can do is Alt+Fn to switch tty views, and just see >old system output just before your oninit (nothing of use). > >If you restart Linux and try again, again COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG (FRITO). > >Exactly the same if you give a "oninit -s", again COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG >(FRITO). > Yes, I rebooted and tried an oninit -v. System reached <init this> <init database partition something> verbose mode 5 (The last message before it goes into background and no errors). And then the system hung. >Afterwards you try to obtain any (even minimal) clue of what did >happened, and you find out that even the LOGGING TASK HANG (FRITO), so >no clue. > >Can't see shared memory state because it is in a COMPLETE SYSTEM HANG >(FRITO). > >Can't guess the cause, because it gives a very clean appearance on logs >and every where else just the first time, just on "oninit -i" followed >by "onmode -m", given by command or under onmonitor. > >So, there you are trying, stupidly, to make any usefull work with this >pretended to be wonderful peace of software. > >Any clues??, might be helpfull (maybe Informix Support??), every body >wellcome. > >If there are any responses to thread i'll give the complete details (i'm >not new to IDS, just in fact i have IDS7.3 up and running, full speed >and tunned on other machine, with same Linux basic hard and soft >config). > >Well, just a bit, IDS=IIF-9.20.UC1-1 (59.527.845 bytes/Nov 17 1999 >08:35:25), only this one installed (IDS.RPM). > informix_internet_foundation_2000_v9_20_uc1_s_o_for_intel_linux_2_2_5 (58,703,228 bytes). >Of course i've got Answers Online 3.2 CD-ROM and did read a full of it. > >Please do not post until you are sure of what you state, and you are >sure you are not kidding!! > >This News system is a very valuable resource that we must keep clean and >usefull. > >Best regards, >Eduardo Carriles (Sofronia Software) >(Informix Partner - Spain) > > >[ A MIME text / x-vcard part was included here. ] > -- David Williams

Eduardo Carriles wrote: > > "Informix Dynamic Server, Linux Edition Suite is certified to run on > kernel 2.2.5, glibc 2.1.1." > [...] > IIF2000 + Kernel2.2.13 + glibc2.1.2 + SuSE6.3 = HANGS System!! Well, kernel 2.2.13 is not kernel 2.2.5 and glibc 2.1.2 is not 2.1.1. -- Pozdrav, Roman

I have given up trying to get IDS2K9.2UC1 running with any reliablilty on SuSE6.3 and 6.4. Have moved all my development to RedHat and have no problems. Well Actually I cant get wvdial to allowed access from wget! thats another story Regards Ian Pellew Elic UK > Eduardo Carriles wrote: > > > > "Informix Dynamic Server, Linux Edition Suite is certified to run on > > kernel 2.2.5, glibc 2.1.1." > > [...] > > IIF2000 + Kernel2.2.13 + glibc2.1.2 + SuSE6.3 = HANGS System!! > > Well, kernel 2.2.13 is not kernel 2.2.5 and glibc 2.1.2 is not 2.1.1. > -- > Pozdrav, > Roman