Oracle 11g install on Debian Wheezy does not start

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I successfully installed Oracle 11g R2 on my laptop for evaluation, by mixing various sources of documentation. I saw the Oracle daemons after installation.
But I have a few problems :

  • After a reboot, the instance does not start, and does not even create
    a log file. (only the TNSLSNR starts).
  • The oracle user's ORACLE_SID gets a default value (AL32UTF8) where
    the value I set in the /etc/profile.d/oracle.sh initialisation script
    is INFO (created during install). Where does this come from?
  • Where can I start investigating?

Thanks for your help.

Note : Only one line not commented out in the /etc/oratab file :

INFO:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1:N

Best regards,

Fred

Best Answer

Edit your /etc/oratab file to read:

INFO:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1:Y

I guess it's just one of those things you need to know to look for!

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