Listener will not start/stop automatically (help, tried suggestions :)

We tried to do it ourselves, unsuccessfully, so I tried something from deja.com archives... still no luck. (listener wasl running)
[db02_at_saltlake football99]#su -c "lsnrctl stop tcp_listener" - oracle

LSNRCTL for Solaris: Version 2.3.4.0.0 - Production on 15-NOV-99 17:01:14

Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1994. All rights reserved.

Message 1053 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNSMessage 1052 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNS
[db02_at_saltlake football99]#
[db02_at_saltlake football99]#

su -c "lsnrctl start tcp_listener" - oracle

LSNRCTL for Solaris: Version 2.3.4.0.0 - Production on 15-NOV-99 17:09:21

Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1994. All rights reserved.

Message 1070 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNSTNS-12545: Message 12545 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNS
 TNS-12560: Message 12560 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNS
  TNS-00515: Message 515 not found; No message file for product=NETWORK, facility=TNS

   Solaris Error: 2: No such file or directory

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