Re: shared memory not initialized

Tom I may have missed this in the variety of posts ! but do i understand this is a new installation and has never run? If so have you actually initialised the engine (oninit -i) at any time? Keith On 13/08/07, Ogiwara Tsutomu <tsutomu_ogiwara@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Just a thought. > Is your machine available iptables (firewall) ? > > Here is my result. > No rules is setting. > > # /sbin/iptables -L > Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) > target prot opt source destination > > Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) > target prot opt source destination > > Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) > target prot opt source destination > > If you can see any rules in your machine, > you need configure iptables entry using GUI or iptable command. > > Regards. > -- > Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. > > > > > > >From: "tom.priore@gmail.com" <tom.priore@gmail.com> > >To: informix-list@iiug.org > >Subject: Re: shared memory not initialized > >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:34:29 -0000 > > > >Thanks Andreas, > > > >The system is resolving the host name fine. > >uname -n reports informix. > >when i ping informix, i get a reply from the correct IP, 192.168.26.66 > > > >Still no luck > > > >Tom > > > >On Aug 9, 4:55 am, Andreas Breitfeld <abrei...@de.ibm.com> wrote: > > > Maybe my hint regarding the 'setarch' command is not the solution of > > > your problem. We assume the error you see is caused by a failed > > > resolution of hostname to IP address. Please check with command: > > > ping informix > > > > > > is pinging the IP address (inet addr:) configured on your machine: > > > /sbin/ifconfig > > > > > > This should be the address 192.168.26.66 as you configured > > > in /etc/hosts . > > > > > > Also check the hostname is really 'informix' by command: > > > hostname > > > > > > and the hosts are resolved first by local /etc/hosts file: > > > grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf > > > > > > should print: > > > hosts: files dns > > > > > > Andreas > > > > > > On Wednesday 08 August 2007 19:10, tom.pri...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your help. > > > > > > > I have executed "setarch i686 -R sh" > > > > It puts me in the "sh" shell. > > > > I then run oninit, and it still stops and puts my back to the shell. > > > > Here are the onstat -m results: > > > > > > > [root@informix informix]# setarch i686 -R sh > > > > sh-3.00# oninit> > > > Your evaluation license will expire on 2007-10-30 00:00:00 > > > > sh-3.00# onstat -m> > > > Your evaluation license will expire on 2007-10-30 00:00:00 > > > > shared memory not initialized for INFORMIXSERVER 'informixserver' > > > > > > > Message Log File: /opt/informix/online.log > > > > 08:06:22 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > > > > 08:06:22 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment > > > > (size 8192KB) > > > > 08:06:22 Memory sizes:resident:11664 KB, virtual:16384 KB, no> > > > SHMTOTAL limit> > > > 08:06:22 Dynamically allocated new message shared memory segment > > > > (size 528KB) > > > > 08:06:22 Memory sizes:resident:11664 KB, virtual:16912 KB, no> > > > SHMTOTAL limit> > > > 08:06:22 Event notification facility epoll enabled. > > > > 08:06:22 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6TL Software> > > > Serial Number AAA#B000000 > > > > 08:06:22 Your evaluation license will expire on 2007-10-30 00:00:00 > > > > > > > 08:06:22 listener-thread: err = -930: oserr = 0: errstr = informix:> > > > Cannot connect to database server (informix). > > > > > > > 08:06:22 sql_listener: ASF_LISTEN failed > > > > > > > 08:06:22 Attempting to bring listener thread down. > > > > > > > 08:06:22 Server stopped. > > > > > > > 08:06:22 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Stopped. > > > > > > > 08:06:22 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct> > > > segments > > > > > > > On Aug 8, 4:11 am, Andreas Breitfeld <abrei...@de.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > > Please try disable randomization of the virtual address space. > > > > > > > > On CentOS and RedHat 5 this can be done for a new shell: > > > > > setarch i686 -R sh > > > > > > > > or > > > > > setarch i686 -R -L sh > > > > > > > > from which IDS can be started. > > > > > > > > On some CentOS and RHEL5 systems users reported shared libraries > > > > > are loaded near to default SHMBASE 0x44000000L . > > > > > > > > Andreas > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 08 August 2007 08:54, you wrote: > > > > > > I have just installed Informix 10 on a CentOS 4.5 system. > > > > > > > > > When I run oninit -v to start the dbserver, I get the following, > > > > > > and then it dumps me back to bash: > > > > > > > > > [root@informix informix]# oninit -v > > > > > > Your evaluation license will expire on 2007-10-30 00:00:00 > > > > > > Checking group membership to determine server run > > > > > > mode...succeeded Reading configuration file > > > > > > '/opt/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded Creating > > > > > > /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs...succeeded > > > > > > Creating infos file "/opt/informix/ > > > > > > etc/.infos.informixserver"...succeeded > > > > > > Linking conf file > > > > > > "/opt/informix/etc/.conf.informixserver"...succeeded Writing to > > > > > > infos file...succeeded > > > > > > Checking config parameters...succeeded > > > > > > Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded > > > > > > Creating resident pool 1402 kbytes...succeeded > > > > > > Allocating 10016 kbytes for buffer pool of 2K page > > > > > > size...succeeded Initializing rhead structure...succeeded > > > > > > Initializing ASF...succeeded > > > > > > Initializing Dictionary Cache and SPL Routine Cache...succeeded > > > > > > Bringing up ADM VP...succeeded > > > > > > Creating VP classes...succeeded > > > > > > Onlining 0 additional cpu vps...succeeded > > > > > > Onlining 2 IO vps...succeeded > > > > > > Initialization of Encryption...succeeded > > > > > > Forking main_loop thread...succeeded > > > > > > Initializing DR structures...succeeded > > > > > > Forking 1 'soctcp' listener threads...succeeded > > > > > > Starting tracing...succeeded > > > > > > Initializing 1 flushers...succeeded > > > > > > > > > When I run onstat -m I get: > > > > > > 21:48:34 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> > > > > > > 21:48:34 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> > > > > > > 21:48:39 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > > > > > > 21:48:39 Event notification facility epoll enabled. > > > > > > 21:48:39 Dynamically allocated new virtual shared memory segment > > > > > > (size 8192KB) > > > > > > 21:48:39 Memory sizes:resident:11664 KB, virtual:16384 KB, no> > > > > > SHMTOTAL limit> > > > > > 21:48:39 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 10.00.UC6TL> > > > > > Software Serial Number AAA#B000000 > > > > > > 21:48:39 Your evaluation license will expire on 2007-10-30 > > > > > > 00:00:00 > > > > > > > > > 21:48:39 listener-thread: err = -930: oserr = 0: errstr => > > > > > informix: Ca