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It is now a full week that I am trying to install and create a database
without any success.

I believe I have read all there was to read on the web and news group about
oracle problems but I think I am missing something.

Yes I use a Pentium 4 with windows 2000 and need to install Oracle 8i v8.1.7
from a CD.



How do we clean the PC of all unsuccessful install?

How do we get rid of the JAVA bug?

How do we create a successful database?



Every time I try to create this database I end up with the error

ORA-12631 Username retrieval failed

This is what I have done:

To enable tracing at the server, find the sqlnet.ora file for the server and
add the following lines:

TRACE_LEVEL_SERVER = 16

TRACE_UNIQUE_SERVER = ON

To enable tracing at the client, find the sqlnet.ora file for the client and
add the following lines:

TRACE_LEVEL_CLIENT = 16

TRACE_UNIQUE_CLIENT = ON

To enable tracing at the listener, find the listener.ora file and add the
following line:

TRACE_LEVEL_listener_name = 16

Reproduce the problem, so that you generate traces on the client and server.
Now analyze the traces generated.





I have modified these files and reproduced the problem but how do we analyse
the traces generated and what do we do about it.



Thank You so much.

Olivier

"Olivier" <odirosso@kcc.com> wrote in message
news:vquegbmmm0a3d3@corp.supernews.com...
> It is now a full week that I am trying to install and create a database
> without any success.
>
> I believe I have read all there was to read on the web and news group
about
> oracle problems but I think I am missing something.
>
> Yes I use a Pentium 4 with windows 2000 and need to install Oracle 8i
v8.1.7
> from a CD.
>
>
>
> How do we clean the PC of all unsuccessful install?

Stop all Oracle-related services manually using the Services applett. Delete
all files in the oracle installation directory. Then use regedit to locate
all the services related to Oracle, and manually remove them. Reboot
machine.

>
> How do we get rid of the JAVA bug?

Sure you read everything on the web about this?? Only the answer's been
posted here many, many times... so a quick visit to google.com will tell you
what you need to know. I just typed the words 'oracle pentium 4 bug' there,
and the very first link explained how to workaround the problem (in
admittedly a rather complicated way). The second link had the workaround
I've happily used (hint: copy installation to CD and hunt down all
references to symcjit.dll.

> How do we create a successful database?

Get an install working correctly first. Then it's just a question of running
the Database Configuration Assistant (dbca at the command prompt if you
can't find your way around the menu options).

[almighty snip]
>
> I have modified these files and reproduced the problem but how do we
analyse
> the traces generated and what do we do about it.

Lord knows why you are tracing stuff in the way you described. Either it
works, or it doesn't work, and if you are suffering the Pentium 4 bug, it
won't work until you do the symcjit.dll workaround. You'll want an
installation that goes through to 100% without error. Then you use dbca to
create a new database, and that should go through without error. Nowhere
should you be getting networking error messages requring Oracle Net8
tracing, until such time as you try and connect to your new database from a
remote, networked, second PC.

Regards
HJR


>
>
> Thank You so much.
>
> Olivier
>
>