While trying to install Oracle on a Red Hat 6.0 system, running on VMWare, you might encounter the following error:
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007fd0b80d0d70, pid=2951, tid=140533187077904 # # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.5.0_30-b03 mixed mode) # Problematic frame: # C [ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+0x14d70] # # An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid2951.log # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp #
To resolve this problem, execute the following before launching runInstaller
$ export LD_BIND_NOW=1
The installer will run normally.
This problem has been reported with Oracle 11.2.0.1 and Oracle 11.2.0.3
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