Google chrome conflict with oracle-xe's kernel parameters

Question

I'm trying to install oracle-xe in my development machine (Linux maya) by following the guide from https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=10280550&tstart=0#10280550.

After the step of modify and applying of the kernel parameters, the chrome can no longer render any page, including settings, history, ... I can confirm the chrome does download the web content normally by viewing the views from developer tools (element, scripts, networking, ...), but just can't display the contents, only a blank page.

Until I remove the config file for oracle-xe (/etc/sysctl.d/60-oracle.conf) and reboot my machine, the chrome works again.

I've try to google for the answer with no luck.

So, no one will install the oracle-xe in the development machine? or am I miss something?

Answer 1

I encountered a similar problem when installing Oracle 11.2.0.1 Server on a Ubuntu machine. The workaround for my problem was to reduce the size specified for the kernel.shmmax parameter in the sysctl config file. It's likely the suitable value for shmmax varies with the amount of physical memory on the machine; with 2GB of RAM, Chrome starting rendering pages again when the kernel parameter was set to 1GB.