Re: Oracle Installer on Linux - issue with X windows

  • From: Oliver <ofabelo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:36:54 +0000

Hi,
I'm sorry if my words is not helping you, but I would want share my
experience with you about what I do in this issue.
I install Cygwin/X in my windows computer, and you have to do 2 steps now
...

1) In your linux computer, where you want install Oracle, export display
from the user that you are using for installing Oracle as: export
DISPLAY=IP:*0.0. *(where IP is the IP of windows computer)

2) And the most important now, you have to allow the remote host access for
doing connections in your X Window Server (in your windows computer where
GUI will be showed), it is with (I run it from a xterm or any terminal
interface with which you can run commands): xhost + (if you put + it will
allow connections from any computer, if you want more security, you should
put: xhost IP (IP from linux computer).

I've not used exceed, I'm sorry, but it should be similar.
I'm spanish, so I'm sorry if my english is not correct.

Cheers...




2014-01-30 Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx>:

> I'd recommend either a silent install or a clone home as outlined
> http://orawin.info/blog/2011/07/27/in-praise-of-clones/  . If you have a
> large estate and do this regularly say for patching then look into em12c
> deployment procedures (but I would say that wouldn't I )
> I am trying to install Oracle 11.2.0.4 on Redhat Enterprise Linux (6.4). I
> have no physical access to the console, so I have to run the installer
> remotely.  Here is what I have done:
>
> - On my PC (Windows 7 ), I start Exceed (version 10).
> - On the server I set the DISPLAY to point to the xserver on my PC (export
> DISPLAY=<ip address>:0).
> - To verify the connection a start xclock from the server.
> - ./runInstaller
>
> The installer starts and gives no errors, but the xwindow from the
> installer never appears on my PC screen.
>
> The command ps -lf | grep oracle shows that the installer is running.
>
> The command_output_nnnn file shows information about my xserver, the
> software version, color and resolution specs... so that I know that the
> installer is talking to it.
>
> One of the DBAs told me that I need version 14 of Exceed.  Has anyone else
> run into this issue and is there a workaround?
>
> BTW, running xterm is not an option in our environment, apparently for
> security reasons.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Schauss
> --
> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
>
>
>

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