Re: Problem starting up listener (Oracle 8.16) in Win2k Professional Edition

"news.verio.net" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Our system administrator had just recently installed Oracle 8.16 on Windows
> 2000
> Professional server and had ran into some problem with the listener. I tried
> invoking
> the listener manually (lsnrctl) only to find that the listener.ini and log
> file does not even exist in the specified path (ie.
> c:\servers\oracle\ora81\network\..) and the client setup utility is not
> installed. (Such as Net 8 Easy Config, Net 8 Configuration Assistant and
> Assistant utilities)
>
> The only thing that I can think of is to manually configure the listener.ini
> file obtained
> from the sample folder in the network directory but was told that it will
> probably not
> work.

Manually configuring is often quicker and easier. Try it. But it is listener.ora that you need to configure. Not .ini !

>
>
> So before going any further, I am just wondering did anyone went through the
> same problem that I am encountering or have any pointers towards this issue.
>
> Please let me know if you need additional information.
>
> Thanks in advance and you have a pleasant evening.
>
> Kenny-
>
> LSNRCTL> start
> Starting tnslsnr: please wait...
>
> TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
> NL-00280: error creating log stream C:\Oracle\Ora81\network\log\listener.log
> NL-00278: cannot open log file
> SNL-00016: snlfohd: error opening file
> 32-bit Windows Error: 2: No such file or directory
>
> # There is no log folder within the specified directory.
>

Seems like you shouold create the directory: C:\Oracle\Ora81\network\log Received on Wed May 03 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT