Oracle10g - Startup hang - Parameter: local_listener

Hello guys,
i have got an error which i don't understand.
I deleted an old entry from tnsnames.ora and forgot to delete the local_listener entry in the spfile/pfile.
I read the following document: http://www.valentia-gmbh.de/twiki/pub/Viki/FehlerOra12508/Default_Listener_Setup.txt
Normally it should give an error, if it can not be resolved... but in my database, the startup command only hung.
It does no entry in alert.log or any trace file.
It only hung and the sqlplus command was sleeping (refered with truss).
It this a bug in Oracle 10gR2?
For my understanding... i don't understand the use of local_listener. The pmon process also connects to the database when no listener is running...
So in which case is the parameter needed?
Thanks and Regards
Stefan

I switched back to the default listener.... that's why i delete the entry from tnsnames.ora and i forgot to delete the parameter in spfile...
But liked described in the link above, there should be an error in alert.log... but in my case the database only hung... no log entry no action....
Maybe this is a bug...
Regards
Stefan

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Hello all,
I have a Power mac G4 - mirrored drive door model. 512mb of RAM; 833mghz - about 50+ gigabytes of storage remaining.
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Upon restart, power mac G4 goes through all start up functions up to gray screen with apple logo (with spinning wheel) and then goes to a darker gray screen (without the logo) and spinning wheel
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Here's what I have done so far:
Placed power mac G4 into target disk mode again in conjunction with macbook proI can see all the files on the power mac G4 (and have already copied them to the macbook pro) - so I don't think the hard drive is damaged
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Reset PRAM
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"/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOs/loginwindow: (ipc/send) invalid destination""LayState: cannot map display interlocks."
"/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOs/loginwindow: kCGErrorFailure: CGSNewConnection""Cannot connect to server"
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When holding down "C" key at startup with the OS X 10.4.7 in the drive I get a kernel panic
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When I choose the OS X 10.4.7 in the drive I get a kernel panic
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Sorry, SU Single User Mode, OF Open Firmware as these 2 where mentioned before.
As a test, let's try disconnecting the HD & see if it booys to any mode without it attached.
It could be the User's files or login messed up, if you want to try something a little more desperate...
Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD...
http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/
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Except you could just use Target mode and move or rename that file.

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Thanks

Thanks for getting back to me quickly.
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Holding down Shift during startup brings up the safe mode grey bar on the bottom of the screen but this fills only to about one-third before the startup freezes.
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William, welcome to Apple Discussions.
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The app server sometimes hangs in the middle of starting up.
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I suppose it is supported by a system call which then hangs due to somekind
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mentioned as synchronized itself, requires system synchronizationmechanism.
It doesn't seem to be a known Java/Solaris bug. I'm using 1.3.1. Any
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"Slava Imeshev" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Hi Bill,
Looks like the threads like one below stuck in waiting
at java.util.TimeZone.getDefault(TimeZone.java:400).
The fact there are 75 of them seems suspicios to me.
Slava
"Thread-5" daemon prio=5 tid=0x7b73a0 nid=0x75 waiting for monitor entry
[0xae281000..0xae2819d8]
at java.util.TimeZone.getDefault(TimeZone.java:400)
at java.util.GregorianCalendar.<init>(GregorianCalendar.java:422)
at com.ibm.mq.MQMD.getDateAndTime(MQMD.java:854)
at com.ibm.mq.MQMD.readFrom(MQMD.java:743)
at com.ibm.mq.MQSESSIONClient.MQGET(MQSESSIONClient.java:858)
at com.ibm.mq.MQQueue.get(MQQueue.java:543)
at com.ibm.mq.jms.MQQueueReceiver.getMessage(MQQueueReceiver.java:1086)
at com.ibm.mq.jms.MQQueueReceiver.receiveAsync(MQQueueReceiver.java:611)
at com.ibm.mq.jms.SessionAsyncHelper.run(SessionAsyncHelper.java:355)
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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kill -3 works out fine. Thanks! The thread dump is attached.
It seems they hang on the MDB connections? However, by the time it
hangs,
some of the MDBs appear to have made connections but these are allthrough
the main thread. The ones from child threads all in wait. Here is what
I
observed:
Observed:
The last line in WL log before hanging:
<Application Poller started for development server.>
For failed startups, only the main thread creates all beans, includingMDBs.
For successful startups, some of the MDBs are created by different
threads
while all the initial SLSBs are created by the main thread.
There are no errors to be found.
Many thanks!
Bill
"Slava Imeshev" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hi Bill,
Try to get thread dump and post it here. For windows
you'll press Ctrl+Break in shell console,
for *nix call kill -3 <server process id>.
Hope this helps,
Regards,
Slava Imeshev
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hi Ryan,
Since the server has not finished starting up at that point,
calling
Admin
will
not be able to connect.
Bill
"Ryan LeCompte" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Bill,
Try generating a log file (thread dump) which contains
information
about
garbage
collection as well. See the following link to generate this
information
so that
others may try to figure out the problem:
http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs61/cluster/trouble.html#diagnosing
Best regards,
Ryan LeCompte
[email protected]
http://www.louisiana.edu/~rml7669
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote:
Environment:
WLS 6.1sp4 on Solaris with JDK 1.3.1; MQ as JMS messaging
provider;
MDBs
are used
in the app; Single deployment jar file with SLSBs and MDBs.
Problem:
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Observed:
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<Application Poller started for development server.>
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including
MDBs. For
successful startups, some of the MDBs are created by differentthreads
while all
the initial SLSBs are created by the main thread.
There are no errors to be found.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Bill

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hardware failure, the problem may be software related.
For more information about Apple Hardware Test, see the Apple Hardware Test Read
Me file on the “Additional Software & Apple Hardware Test” disc."

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