What does listener.ora look like?
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"RJinCinci" <nobody_at_nothere.invalid> wrote in message
news:pa4Ba.96936$VP.24316786_at_twister.neo.rr.com...
> I have a problem with getting the TNS Listener to start. I bought a new
> laptop (Dell 8500, with wireless lan), and have been trying to get both
> Oracle 8i (8.1.7) and 9i (9.2.0) to run on this machine. The installs
have
> been successful, up until this point. Whenever I try to start the
> listener, the following error is shown in lsnrctl:
>
> TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
> System parameter file is C:\oracle\ora81\network\admin\listener.ora
> Log messages written to C:\oracle\ora81\network\log\listener.log
> Attempted to listen on:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=mylaptop)
> (PORT=1521)))
> TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
> TNS-00530: Protocol adapter error
> 32-bit Windows Error: 38: Filename too long
>
> I thought maybe it might be related to the wireless lan, but this error
> occurs whether or not I have the wireless lan running. It also occurs in
> Oracle 9.2. I have McAfee's personal firewall installed but disabled. I
> also have a lot of other software installed on the machine, and really
hate
> to go thru the time consuming process of elimination by uninstalling
these.
>
> Anyone have any ideas? I saw previous posts from years ago that say to
> avoid IP addresses in the ORA files (listener, tnsnames) but that is not
> the case here - I'm using machine name for host. I also saw posts about a
> large listener.ora file, or a long pathname to it, but that is not the
case
> either. I really don't want to have to return this laptop, but if I can't
> get Oracle running on it I'll have to. Please help!
>
> Jim
Received on Wed May 28 2003 - 10:21:22 CDT
