Message-Id: <10606.116089@fatcity.com> From: Terry Ball Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 13:44:10 -0500 Subject: listener problems with 8.1.6 I am testing an upgrade of a 7.3.4 database to 8.1.6 on AIX and am having problem with the listener. I have made the listener.ora the same in both the 7.3.4 and 8.1.6 $ORACLE_HOME directories. They are pointing to the 8.1.6 $ORACLE_HOME. I did a diff of the files, and there are NO differences. Yet, if I use the listener.ora in the 8.1.6 $ORACLE_HOME, I can not connect to the database. I get ORA-12500: TNS:listener failed to start a dedicated server process While bringing the listener up using the 7.3.4 $ORACLE_HOME, I can connect to the 8.1.6 instance. A tnsping with either listener.ora returns results. The listener.ora looks like: LISTENER = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS= (PROTOCOL=IPC) (KEY= FLA1) ) (ADDRESS= (PROTOCOL=IPC) (KEY= FLA1.world) ) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (Host = frs01) (Port = 1521) ) ) STARTUP_WAIT_TIME_LISTENER = 0 CONNECT_TIMEOUT_LISTENER = 0 TRACE_LEVEL_LISTENER = 0 SID_LIST_LISTENER = (SID_LIST = (SID_DESC = (SID_NAME = FLA1) (ORACLE_HOME = /opt/app/oracle/product/8.1.6) (ENVS='EPC_DISABLED=TRUE') ) ) Does anyone have any idea what is causing this behavior? Any suggestions as to what to look for and/or change would be much