1548674 - XI 3.1 - Install doesn't start on Linux after configuration parameters were entered

Symptom

After launching Business Objects install and filling in the various parameters at the beginning, the installer stalls almost immediately
bobje/../setup/logs/BusinessObjects.12.3.log provides the following result:

[info] Creating database at: $INSTALLDIR/setup/data/installerDatabase.db
[info] Creating table: PRODUCT

Launching the install with a system trace (strace on linux) as per the first line in bold below, the following output is provided at the end of the log file:

$strace -f -o ~/install-fail.txt -e all ./install.sh
16237 write(6, "[info] Creating table: PRODUCT\n", 31) = 31
16237 brk(0xc770000) = 0xc770000
.... The following two lines are then repeated indefinitely
16237 fcntl64(8, 0xd /* F_??? */, 0xffdf9b70) = -1 ENOLCK (No locks available)
16237 nanosleep({0, 1000000}, NULL) = 0
....
16237 fcntl64(8, 0xd /* F_??? */

Environment

Linux Red Hat
Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.1 installer
Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.1 SP3 installer
NFS share used for install

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 ; SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.1

Keywords

KBA , BI-BIP-DEP , Webapp Deployment, Networking, Vulnerabilities, Webservices , Problem

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