Hi , the error come for the universal edition # rpm -qa | grep oracle-xe oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0 [root@Spacewalk-test Oraclexe]# less oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm Name : oracle-xe-univ Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 10.2.0.1 Vendor: (none) Release : 1.0 Build Date: Mon 20 Feb 2006 06:39:56 AM CET Install Date: (not installed) Build Host: <a href="http://stadn61.us.oracle.com">stadn61.us.oracle.com</a> Group : Applications/OracleXE Source RPM: oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.src.rpm Size : 444777139 License: Oracle Corporation Signature : (none) Packager : Oracle <<a href="http://www.oracle.com">www.oracle.com</a>> URL : <a href="http://www.oracle.com">http://www.oracle.com</a> Summary : Oracle Database 10g Express Universal Edition Shud i try reinstalling universal edition again <div class="gmail_quote"> 2010/3/3 Michael Mraka <<a href="mailto:michael.mraka@redhat.com">michael.mraka@redhat.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Vishal Patil wrote: % Hi , <div class="im">% % I recreated the DB and it worked , but when I try to install spacewalk i get % the following error % % [root@Spacewalk-test ~]# spacewalk-setup --disconnected % * Setting up Oracle environment. % * Setting up database. % ** Database: Setting up database connection. % DB User? spacewalk % DB Password? % DB SID? xe % DB hostname? localhost % DB port [1521]? % DB protocol [TCP]? % *** Database: Testing database connection. % Database is using an invalid (non-UTF8) character set: (NLS_CHARACTERSET = % US7ASCII)* % % What does this error means , Can it be changed from some file or I need to % make changes in Database % % Please suggest on how to proceed with fixing this error </div><div class="im"><a href="https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/OracleXeSetup" target="_blank">https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/OracleXeSetup</a> </div>Download the "Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Universal)" oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm which is the Multi-byte Unicode/UTF-8 database, not the "Western European" Single-byte LATIN1 database. <div><div></div><div class="h5"> Regards, -- Michael Mráka Satellite Engineering, Red Hat _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list <a href="mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.com">Spacewalk-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Regards Vishal