IDS 9.40 on SLES 8 install problem

Hi! I am trying to run Informix IDS 9.40UC2E1 on SuSE SLES 8 (single-proc P4). Installation goes OK, but when oninit is supposed to initialize the root dbspace chunk, it quietly dies (failing to remove SHM segments and semaphores). This is what oninit -iv says before it dies: >>>>>> This action will initialize IBM Informix Dynamic Server; any existing IBM Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible - Do you wish to continue (y/n)? Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/home/informix/etc/onconfig'...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating infos file "/home/informix/etc/.infos.Informix" ... "/home/informix/etc/.conf.Informix" ... 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... <<<<<< The log contains only this: >>>>>> 17:23:23 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/home/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh' 17:23:23 Booting Language <c> from module <> 17:23:23 Loading Module <CNULL> 17:23:23 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> 17:23:23 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> <<<<<< Locale is left on en_US. onconfig (pretty much vanilla) is attached. Can anybody shed any light on this? Is it me, Informix or SuSE? I tried to attach onconfig, but the news server kept complaining, so I am including it below. Regards, Dragi Raos onconfig: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #*********************************************************************** *** # # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. # # Title: onconfig.std # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters # #*********************************************************************** *** # Root Dbspace Configuration ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name ROOTPATH /home/informix/data/chunk # Flat file, long enough,owned by informix, 660 # Path for device containing root dbspace ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device (Kbytes) ROOTSIZE 128000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes) # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirroredroot MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes) # Physical Log Configuration PHYSDBS rootdbs # 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 MSGPATH /home/informix/online.log # System message log file path # CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path CONSOLE /home/informix/console.log # System console message path # To automatically backup logical logs, edit alarmprogram.sh and set # BACKUPLOGS=Y ALARMPROGRAM /home/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh # Alarm program path TBLSPACE_STATS 1 # Maintain tblspace statistics # System Archive Tape Device TAPEDEV /dev/st0 # Tape device path TAPEBLK 32 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 10240 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape (Kbytes) # Log Archive Tape Device LTAPEDEV /dev/st0 # Log tape device path 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 SERVERNUM 1 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLineinstance DBSERVERNAME Informix # Name of default database server DBSERVERALIASES # List of alternate dbservernames DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock indistributed env. RESIDENT 0 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No = 0) MULTIPROCESSOR 0 # 0 for single-processor, 1 formulti-processor NUMCPUVPS 1 # Number of user (cpu) vps SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vpsto 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 SHMBASE 0x10000000L # Shared memory base address# SHMBASE 0x44000000 # Shared memory base address SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segmentsize 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 60.000000 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50.000000 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # 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 rollback hanging the server due to lack of logical # log space, i.e. 50/60 or lower. DYNAMIC_LOGS 2 LTXHWM 70 LTXEHWM 80 # System Page Size # BUFFSIZE - OnLine no longer supports this configuration parameter. # To determine the page size used by OnLine on your platform # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'. # Recovery Variables # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS: # Number of

"Dragi Bonzi Raos" <bonzi@email.hinet.hr> wrote in message news:<bs9hu7$b0jr5$1@ID-72093.news.uni-berlin.de>... > Hi! > > I am trying to run Informix IDS 9.40UC2E1 on SuSE SLES 8 (single-proc > P4). Installation > goes OK, but when oninit is supposed to initialize the root dbspace > chunk, it quietly dies (failing to remove SHM segments and semaphores). I don't have the answer, but you may want to check the archives of the linux-informix list on IIUG (you have to be a member, but it is free to join.). If that doesn't work, try your question again on that list. Some of the Informix developers are participants, and they have good knowledge of Suse issues. Sean Durity Moderator linux-informix@iiug.org