If you do a dmesg, what is in the kernel logs about loading the asm driver? Matt ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Kerber Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 4:21 PM To: ORACLE-L Subject: strange asm problem Got a strange one here. Just upgraded the kernel and asm. /etc/init.d/oracelasm configure wont load oracleasm, but a manual load works. Also, it doesnt load on boot, but I can do a manual start and it works every time. Any ideas? Probably something simple having to do with a linux configuration, but I am still a little weak on Linux, this is oel 5.5 64.: Configuring the Oracle ASM library driver. This will configure the on-boot properties of the Oracle ASM library driver. The following questions will determine whether the driver is loaded on boot and what permissions it will have. The current values will be shown in brackets ('[]'). Hitting <ENTER> without typing an answer will keep that current value. Ctrl-C will abort. Default user to own the driver interface [oracle]: Default group to own the driver interface [dba]: Start Oracle ASM library driver on boot (y/n) [y]: Scan for Oracle ASM disks on boot (y/n) [y]: Writing Oracle ASM library driver configuration: done Initializing the Oracle ASMLib driver: [FAILED] [root@linrac2 ~]# /etc/init.d/oraceleasm start bash: /etc/init.d/oraceleasm: No such file or directory [root@linrac2 ~]# /etc/init.d/orace bash: /etc/init.d/orace: No such file or directory [root@linrac2 ~]# /etc/init.d/oracleasm start Initializing the Oracle ASMLib driver: [ OK ] Scanning the system for Oracle ASMLib disks: [ OK ] -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'