topic Re: Kernel Resource initialization failed in Administration and Deployment

Kernel Resource initialization failed

sasmario — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:20:51 GMT

Hello people,

I've just installed SAS 9.4M3 on Windows 8.1 (64 Bit).

As I am trying to start SAS the first time, I've got the following error message:

ERROR: The ENCODING option value specified is invalid in a SBCS SAS environment.
ERROR: (SASXKRIN): KERNEL RESOURCE INITIALIZATION FAILED.
ERROR: SAS-Kern kann nicht initialisiert werden.

Does anyone of you have a solution and/or can give me hints to circumvent this issue?

Best regards

Mario

Re: Kernel Resource initialization failed

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:33:04 GMT

You try to start a single-byte instance of SAS with an encoding value that mandates the double-byte capable SAS.

For instance, our SAS executable is

/usr/local/SAS/SASFoundation/9.2/sas

which is a symbolic link that points to

/usr/local/SAS/SASFoundation/9.2/bin/sas_de

If we wanted to run, say, UTF-8 encoding, we would need to run

/usr/local/SAS/SASFoundation/9.2/bin/sas_dbcs

instead

Re: Kernel Resource initialization failed

Andy547 — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:39:24 GMT

Mario,

The message means your data or language is not a Single Byte Character Set. It may be that UTF-8 is what you need.

Try following the directions in tis SAS Note: http://support.sas.com/kb/52/454.html

If that helps you may need to change your sasv9.cfg to point to the UTF-8 version permanately. If that does not work you may have to install UTF8 languages. I cannot tell from just the error message.

You may want to open a Track to SAS Technical Support if you need help re-installing.

Andy

Re: Kernel Resource initialization failed

sasmario — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:53:52 GMT

Hi KurtBremser, hi Andy547,

Sorry for my late answer!

Your hints helped to get SAS started, but coming with a new message

concerning OLE:

"Object's class is not registered in the registratin database. The application

necessary to activate this object is unavailable. Would you like to convert

it to or activate it as another type of object using Convert ... ?"

What does this mean?

Would it be better to completely reinstall the SAS System?

Mario

Re: Kernel Resource initialization failed

LinusH — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:00:18 GMT

New question/problem, new thread.
That said, installation issues like this is often best handled by SAS tech support.