Oracle 8i RMAN archiver error

From: Don Khan <dkhan_at_mediaone.net>
Date: 1999/10/29
Message-ID: <TEnS3.3970$IT5.237867_at_ndnws01.ne.mediaone.net>#1/1

Does anyone know how to fix the following problem. I had to abort the initial database registration of this database in the catalog server. Any help appreciated.

RMAN> connect rcvcat rman/rman_at_CATDB

RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================

RMAN-04004: error from recovery catalog database: ORA-00257: archiver error. Connect internal only, until freed. Received on Fri Oct 29 1999 - 00:00:00 CEST