From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 12 17:52:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 254FF16A4E6 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:52:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.12.10.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4E8FA43D39 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:52:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk) Message-ID: <20040413005254.66094.qmail@web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Received: from [137.132.3.9] by web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 01:52:54 BST Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 01:52:54 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Tadimeti=20Keshav?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-database@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: can't start up DBCA X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:52:56 -0000 Hi all, I installed Oracle 9i on FreBSD 5.2.1 , using SUN JDK 1.4, and linux devtools-7, and following instructions at www.shadowcom.net. I managed to install the DB successfully. I have not installed a DB yet. WHen I try to start dcba from the oracle account, I get the foll. error: oracle-bsd> dbca & [1] 806 oracle-bsd> dirname: illegal option -- p usage: dirname path arch: not found jre was not found in /../bin//green_threads/jre [1]+ Exit 1 dbca oracle-bsd> ------------------------------------------------- WHat should I check/what couldbe wrong? TIA ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html