A few Linux startup problem observations

For the sake of experiment, I just wiped out my XE and reinstalled. SuSE Pro 9.3, DHCP machine ... reporting to provide yet another tidbit in the troubleshooting kit bag ...
Steps used to remove, to see what would happen:
1) /etc/init.d/oracle-xe stop (should have stopped all services)
2) cd /usr/lib/oracle/xe
3) rm -rf app oradata (a typical 'I want to remove' method)
4) rpm -e -noscript oracle-xe... (now I need to force rpm -e to avoid scripts)
On attempt to reinstall:
1) oracle-xe did not stop the listener properly. On attempt to reinstall, netstat still showed the listener had the port, even though the executable had been wiped from disk, and the configure asked for a new port number.
- needed to kill the listener process
(why did oracle-xe stop not terminate the listener?)
2) rpm -ivh worked properly. (Congrats to the team, by the way)
3) I deliberately hard coded the old tcp address into /etc/hosts and requested a DHCP lease for a new address. This forced a mismatch at TCP level (believe me, people do this sort of thing ...)
- lstnrctl stop/start responded with a protocol error and refused to start
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00530: Protocol adapter error
Linux Error: 113: No route to host
- htmldb provided 'connection refused'
resetting proper host resolution allowed lsnr to start and as soon as that completed htmldb was happy.

Hello borli,
I understand that you're having issues with your HP ENVY Phoenix 810-000ec randomly shutting off and giving an error. I will do my best to assist you with this.
Looking into the error you're getting "EventID: 41 Source:Kernel-Power Level:Critical", I was able to find an in-depth post on the Microsoft Forums with troubleshooting that may help resolve this for you: Windows Kernel Event ID :41. Please read through the post marked "Answer" by VipinPalathully Gopi, and carefully follow the steps provided.
I hope this is able to help you resolve the issues. Thank you for posting on the HP Forums.
I worked on behalf of HP.

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