Problem connecting to Oracle 10g express on linux SUSE

Question

Peace upon you,
I have downloaded the RPM file and installed it , but when i try to log in the home page using "Go to database home page" the browser says that the page is not found.
And when i type in the terminal : ./oracle-xe status
the terminal says :
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 16-FEB-2007 09:46:35
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC_FOR_XE)))
TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00511: No listener
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=ACA8011A)(PORT=1521)))
TNS-12545: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00515: Connect failed because target host or object does not exist
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
So what is the problem..........?

Answer 1

I've managed to get OracleXE working properly on my SuSE10.2 box - I found an interesting issue - did you specify that the oracle database should not start up on system boot?
(Check ORACLE_DBENABLED parameter in /etc/sysconfig/oracle-xe)
If this is set to FALSE, the database will not start up. You'd need to:
su to root
su - oracle (note the '-')
sqlplus /nolog
connect / as sysdba;
startup;
exit;
lsnrctl start
- All the above is a manual startup - hope that helps....
Carl.
(PS: if you want to access the database from behind the firewall, you'll need to go into YAST, security, firewall, then advanced, and specifically open TCP port 1521, also port 8080 if you want to be able to view the web front end on another machine.... sometimes the firewall can be a pain...)