IIUG-IDS-9-4-UC2-linux Problems

I'm running Slackware Linux 10.1: Linux fubar 2.4.29 #21 Thu Jan 20 17:11:39 PST 2005 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux I've downloaded and managed to get IDS-9-4-UC2 installed (after installing openpam-20050201). When I try oninit, I get oninit: error while loading shared libraries: libpam.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I did have to make a symbolic link in /usr/local/lib for libpam.so.0 (there wasn't one) so installserver would run: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 782 2005-03-30 16:00 /usr/local/lib/libpam.la* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-03-30 16:00 /usr/local/lib/libpam.so -> libpam.so.2.0.0* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-03-30 16:03 /usr/local/lib/libpam.so.0 -> libpam.so.2.0.0* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-03-30 16:00 /usr/local/lib/libpam.so.2 -> libpam.so.2.0.0* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 305211 2005-03-30 16:00 /usr/local/lib/libpam.so.2.0.0* LD_LIBRARY_PATH (which has worked fine for years for informix-7.30.UC5 for whatever that might be worth) looks like: /opt/informix/lib/esql:/opt/informix/lib:/usr/local/lib Did I miss something somewhere? Thanks.

Thomas Ronayne wrote: > I'm running Slackware Linux 10.1: > > Linux fubar 2.4.29 #21 Thu Jan 20 17:11:39 PST 2005 i686 unknown > unknown GNU/Linux > > I've downloaded and managed to get IDS-9-4-UC2 installed (after > installing openpam-20050201). > > When I try oninit, I get > > oninit: error while loading shared libraries: libpam.so.0: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > I did have to make a symbolic link in /usr/local/lib for libpam.so.0 > (there wasn't one) so installserver would run: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 782 2005-03-30 16:00 > /usr/local/lib/libpam.la* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-03-30 16:00 > /usr/local/lib/libpam.so -> libpam.so.2.0.0* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-03-30 16:03 > /usr/local/lib/libpam.so.0 -> libpam.so.2.0.0* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2005-03-30 16:00 > /usr/local/lib/libpam.so.2 -> libpam.so.2.0.0* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 305211 2005-03-30 16:00 > /usr/local/lib/libpam.so.2.0.0* > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH (which has worked fine for years for informix-7.30.UC5 > for whatever that might be worth) looks like: > > /opt/informix/lib/esql:/opt/informix/lib:/usr/local/lib A few guesses only I'm afraid as I haven't used Slackware for ages. Perhaps you just need to run "ldconfig" (as root) to pick up the link to the library you want. But as you say adding the link got the installer working it's unlikely this is the solution. I do wonder whether you have the correct version of libpam. I have tried before creating a link to a library of a different name and implied version but this has never worked for me. There is a libpam library of the right version on rpmfind.net but don't blame me if installing this breaks your system. Why Slackware? I don't want to get into a distro war but IBM has a helpful list of distributions and what is required to get them to work at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/linux/ids.html Ben.

Ben Thompson wrote: > Thomas Ronayne wrote: > > A few guesses only I'm afraid as I haven't used Slackware for ages. > > Perhaps you just need to run "ldconfig" (as root) to pick up the link > to the library you want. But as you say adding the link got the > installer working it's unlikely this is the solution. Oh, did that. > > I do wonder whether you have the correct version of libpam. I have > tried before creating a link to a library of a different name and > implied version but this has never worked for me. There is a libpam > library of the right version on rpmfind.net but don't blame me if > installing this breaks your system. Went there, found that the "current" version is 0.77, went and got that from the maintainer, built, installserver, seems to work (well, Informix installs cleanly, so...). > > Why Slackware? I don't want to get into a distro war but IBM has a > helpful list of distributions and what is required to get them to work > at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/linux/ids.html Because of what it doesn't do; e.g., run all kinds of stuff that changes things I don't want changed (frequently, I've found, in other distributions). > > Ben. Thanks.

With thanks to Ben and Andreas, things have installed but oninit won't start. No error messages, but no start and no shared memory allocated (semaphores, yes, but no attached shared memory). I went through onconfig and sqlhosts and edited what seemed to need editing pretty much the same as the 7.30.UC5 files. I cannot find a "installing 9.40 on Linux" document anywhere, so I'm kind of working in the dark, here -- is there a guide somewhere? The online.log shows Thu Mar 31 07:37:19 2005 07:37:19 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = '/opt/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh' 07:37:19 Booting Language <c> from module <> 07:37:19 Loading Module <CNULL> 07:37:19 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> 07:37:19 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> 07:38:42 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. but there's no server running. I have sqlhosts fubar_a onipcshm fubar fubar_a fubar_anet onsoctcp fubar fubar_anet 7.30.UC5 was, tried that, didn't work either fubar_a onsoctcp fubar fubar_a fubar_anet onsoctcp fubar fubar_anet So, can some kind soul give me a hint? Thanks

Thomas Ronayne wrote: > With thanks to Ben and Andreas, things have installed but oninit won't > start. No error messages, but no start and no shared memory allocated > (semaphores, yes, but no attached shared memory). > > I went through onconfig and sqlhosts and edited what seemed to need > editing pretty much the same as the 7.30.UC5 files. I cannot find a > "installing 9.40 on Linux" document anywhere, so I'm kind of working in > the dark, here -- is there a guide somewhere? > > The online.log shows > > Thu Mar 31 07:37:19 2005 > > 07:37:19 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = > '/opt/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh' > 07:37:19 Booting Language <c> from module <> > 07:37:19 Loading Module <CNULL> > 07:37:19 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> > 07:37:19 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> > 07:38:42 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. > > but there's no server running. What do you get when you run 'oninit' with '-v' as an extra option? You should see output on stdout (or perhaps stderr), indicating what it is doing. That may give you a hint about the problem - it may help us help you solve the problem. > I have sqlhosts > > fubar_a onipcshm fubar fubar_a > fubar_anet onsoctcp fubar fubar_anet Worry about whether fubar needs to be a FQDN fubar.mydomain.tld > 7.30.UC5 was, tried that, didn't work either > > fubar_a onsoctcp fubar fubar_a > fubar_anet onsoctcp fubar fubar_anet> > So, can some kind soul give me a hint? > > Thanks -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2005.01 -- http://dbi.perl.org/

Thomas Ronayne wrote: > With thanks to Ben and Andreas, things have installed but oninit won't > start. No error messages, but no start and no shared memory allocated > (semaphores, yes, but no attached shared memory). > > I went through onconfig and sqlhosts and edited what seemed to need > editing pretty much the same as the 7.30.UC5 files. I cannot find a > "installing 9.40 on Linux" document anywhere, so I'm kind of working in > the dark, here -- is there a guide somewhere? > > The online.log shows > > Thu Mar 31 07:37:19 2005 > > 07:37:19 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = > '/opt/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh' > 07:37:19 Booting Language <c> from module <> > 07:37:19 Loading Module <CNULL> > 07:37:19 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> > 07:37:19 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> > 07:38:42 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. > > but there's no server running. Check your settings of SHMBASE, SHMVIRTSIZE, SHMADD and BUFFERS in your onconfig. Sensible values just to get you running are: BUFFERS 20000 SHMBASE 0x10000000L SHMVIRTSIZE 73536 SHMADD 32768 If this doesn't work I would try and see if you can get the server up with a new rootdbs completely separate from anything you're using now, the default onconfig with perhaps some adjustments to point to the right log files, your new rootdbs and anything else you think appropriate. Don't use a 7.30 onconfig for a 9.40 server. Initialise the server with "oninit -ivy" and see what you get. What displays on the console when you initialise the server? Ben.

Ben Thompson wrote: > Thomas Ronayne wrote: > >> With thanks to Ben and Andreas, things have installed but oninit won't >> start. No error messages, but no start and no shared memory allocated >> (semaphores, yes, but no attached shared memory). >> >> I went through onconfig and sqlhosts and edited what seemed to need >> editing pretty much the same as the 7.30.UC5 files. I cannot find a >> "installing 9.40 on Linux" document anywhere, so I'm kind of working >> in the dark, here -- is there a guide somewhere? >> >> The online.log shows >> >> Thu Mar 31 07:37:19 2005 >> >> 07:37:19 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = >> '/opt/informix/etc/alarmprogram.sh' >> 07:37:19 Booting Language <c> from module <> >> 07:37:19 Loading Module <CNULL> >> 07:37:19 Booting Language <builtin> from module <> >> 07:37:19 Loading Module <BUILTINNULL> >> 07:38:42 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Started. >> >> but there's no server running. > > > Check your settings of SHMBASE, SHMVIRTSIZE, SHMADD and BUFFERS in your > onconfig. Sensible values just to get you running are: > > BUFFERS 20000 > SHMBASE 0x10000000L > SHMVIRTSIZE 73536 > SHMADD 32768> > If this doesn't work I would try and see if you can get the server up > with a new rootdbs completely separate from anything you're using now, > the default onconfig with perhaps some adjustments to point to the right > log files, your new rootdbs and anything else you think appropriate. > Don't use a 7.30 onconfig for a 9.40 server. Initialise the server with > "oninit -ivy" and see what you get. What displays on the console when > you initialise the server? > > Ben. No idea if this is the problem, but I think I had some issue in the past where /etc/hosts combined a line for localhost with the proper host name. It should have two lines: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.2.100 fubar I think it was old Suse 9 that caused me grief. HTH Michael (IDS 10 on Suse SLES 9.0 - upgraded from 9.40)