Re: SQL*Net V2.1 ERROR: ORA-12500: TNS:listener failed to start a dedicated server process

> Hi,
> I think I have SQL*Net V2.1 installed, but when I try to connect to an Oracle DB
> on the same host as the client with "sqlplus /_at_tomahawk", I get:
>
> ERROR: ORA-12500: TNS:listener failed to start a dedicated server process
>

Check out your log file should be in /networks/log under your oracle home directory, I got this yesterday when someone decided to run some stuff on the server and use up all the memory, fairly descriptive messages in the log file.

Mike

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