Oracle-xe configure DESTROYED everything... Seriously?!

Question

Okay so, I had some problems with the XE listener so I decided to remove /etc/sysconfig/oracle-xe ( the configuration file as I've understood ).
And then running:
/etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure
Just pressing enter untill its done.
Now i Cannot use sqlplus to connect, because it says my password for system is not correct ( which is what i put into the configuration ). And when doing the "hack" and using su to run the sqlplus as dba, the database is CORRUPT.. ALL my stuff are gone?!
Where is it?!
And why the !"#!% would "configure" REMOVE stuff?!
Seriously, this is irritating and is really making me sad :(
Any ideas?

Answer 1

I don't have any hands-on with XE specifically, and am sitting in a bar right now, so can't dig very deep, but here are some things that will help:
Filip E. wrote:
Sorry for being unclear, it's been a long working day, over 12 hours by now and I am getting tired of this problem. :)
I will try to give you some better information.
At the moment I have another problem with the Database, all of a sudden I am getting the following:
ORA-01033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress
Any time you see an ORA-nnnnn message, you should stop right there and look it up. Either google or (better) go to tahiti.oracle.com. THat is the portal to the entire oracle doc library. Drill down to your product and version and use the 'search facility.
even thougn I run the commands in order:
shutdown abort
shutdown immediate
startup mount
startup
However this results in the following:
SQL> alter database open;
alter database open
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01589: must use RESETLOGS or NORESETLOGS option for database openAgain, always look up any ORA-nnnnn messages.
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Going back to the previous problem, when I try to start the database such as:
startup
or database recover;
I get an error telling me that I need to rename my .dbs to a valid name, the current name is somewhat like MISSING000005 ( can't remember the amount of 0-s ).
again, exact error message
But altering it wont work, because then I get another error telling me it doesn't exists, even though I provide the Exact path to it.
Is it possible to load a .dbf-file and just see if the data is intact? or what should I do?you don't load .dbf files. All you can do is restore (from a backup) and recover (apply redo)
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How do I easily show you guys what my errors are?
Lose the GUI and work at a command line, where you can copy everything you do and paste it into your posts here. Be sure to enclose any pasted text with the "{code}" tag.
First of all I guess i need to fix the above problem, which I have no clue how to do.. Suggestions?
I am thankfull for all input on this matter.