IDS 9.2 on SunOS: oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization

Hi all, I am having trouble getting my Informix 9.2 server initialized on Solaris. Maybe you have some advice? I am definitely a novice at this so apologies now for silly mistakes. Here is the output from "oninit -ivy": bash-2.01$ oninit -ivyChecking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded Reading configuration file '/disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/onconfig.sunny' ...succeeded Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded Creating infos file "/disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/.infos.ol_sunny" ... " /disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/.conf.ol_sunny" ... succeeded Writing to infos file ... succeeded Checking config parameters...succeeded Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded Creating resident pool 8982 kbytes...succeeded Creating buffer pool 120002 kbytes...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 Forking main_loop thread...succeeded Initialzing DR structures...succeeded Forking 1 'ipcshm' listener threads...succeeded Forking 10 'tlitcp' listener threads...succeeded Starting tracing...succeeded Initializing 32 flushers...succeeded oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization I'm using the suggested /etc/system parameters from the release/en_us/0333/IDS_9.2 file: set enable_sm_wa = 1 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=268435456 set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64 set semsys:seminfo_semmni=4096 set semsys:seminfo_semmns=4096 set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=4096 set semsys:seminfo_semume=64 set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100 set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100 set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100 My error occurs in the same place as another user on Linux but I think that problem was an unsupported NETTYPE. I think mine is ok? Any clues to what the server is trying to do at this point in the initialization? Many thanks, Lucy (lmonahan@silverstream.com) Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

You might want to look at the online message file. Lucy Monahan wrote: > Hi all, > I am having trouble getting my Informix 9.2 server initialized on > Solaris. Maybe you have some advice? I am definitely a novice at this so > apologies now for silly mistakes. > Here is the output from "oninit -ivy": > bash-2.01$ oninit -ivy> Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded > Reading configuration file > '/disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/onconfig.sunny' > ...succeeded > Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded > Creating infos file > "/disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/.infos.ol_sunny" ... " > /disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/.conf.ol_sunny" ... succeeded > Writing to infos file ... succeeded > Checking config parameters...succeeded > Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded > Creating resident pool 8982 kbytes...succeeded > Creating buffer pool 120002 kbytes...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 > Forking main_loop thread...succeeded > Initialzing DR structures...succeeded > Forking 1 'ipcshm' listener threads...succeeded > Forking 10 'tlitcp' listener threads...succeeded > Starting tracing...succeeded > Initializing 32 flushers...succeeded > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > I'm using the suggested /etc/system parameters from the > release/en_us/0333/IDS_9.2 file: > set enable_sm_wa = 1 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=268435456 > set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64 > set semsys:seminfo_semmni=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semmns=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semume=64 > set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100 > My error occurs in the same place as another user on Linux but I think > that problem was an unsupported NETTYPE. I think mine is ok? > Any clues to what the server is trying to do at this point in the > initialization? > Many thanks, > Lucy (lmonahan@silverstream.com) > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. -- Madison Pruet =========================================== Enterprise Replication Product Developement Dallas, Texas Informix Software ===========================================

Thanks all! Yes, I went to the online messages file (i.e. informix_home/online.log) and found that my permissions were incorrect for root_chunk cooked file (painful oversight!) but also I had an incorrect specification in my services file. It did not correspond with the proper tcp entry in sqlhosts. I found the detailed errors for these two problems in online.log after "oninit -ivy" failed. I was confused because oninit was complaining about failure of shared memory initialization but the other problems were just manifesting themselves as part of the shared mem init process. I will also remove that other kernel parameter. Many thanks again! In article <8ar8ja$umr$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Lucy Monahan <lmonahan@silverstream.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I am having trouble getting my Informix 9.2 server initialized on > Solaris. Maybe you have some advice? I am definitely a novice at this so > apologies now for silly mistakes. > Here is the output from "oninit -ivy": > bash-2.01$ oninit -ivy> Checking group membership to determine server run modesucceeded > Reading configuration file > '/disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/onconfig.sunny' > ...succeeded > Creating /INFORMIXTMP/.infxdirs ... succeeded > Creating infos file > "/disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/.infos.ol_sunny" ... " > /disk3/home/informix/informix9.2/etc/.conf.ol_sunny" ... succeeded > Writing to infos file ... succeeded > Checking config parameters...succeeded > Allocating and attaching to shared memory...succeeded > Creating resident pool 8982 kbytes...succeeded > Creating buffer pool 120002 kbytes...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 > Forking main_loop thread...succeeded > Initialzing DR structures...succeeded > Forking 1 'ipcshm' listener threads...succeeded > Forking 10 'tlitcp' listener threads...succeeded > Starting tracing...succeeded > Initializing 32 flushers...succeeded > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > I'm using the suggested /etc/system parameters from the > release/en_us/0333/IDS_9.2 file: > set enable_sm_wa = 1 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=268435456 > set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64 > set semsys:seminfo_semmni=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semmns=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=4096 > set semsys:seminfo_semume=64 > set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100 > set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100 > My error occurs in the same place as another user on Linux but I think > that problem was an unsupported NETTYPE. I think mine is ok? > Any clues to what the server is trying to do at this point in the > initialization? > Many thanks, > Lucy (lmonahan@silverstream.com) > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Experiencing problems getting IIF2000 web datablade for Linux (Development Version) to build with Apache 1.3.12. It seems that the Informix Web Datablade (software and documentation) have not kept up with Apache. After modifying src/Configuration.tmpl I am getting undefined reference to explode_module, undefined reference to expolde_module_ssi etc, etc. Has anyone been able to get Apache (Version 1.3.12) and the Web Datablade to build together? If so I would like to know what they did? Thanks, Moses