Stupid Question of Day: about alert log

Hi All,
I feel a little stupid here.
I have noticed that when I go to EM home page my Alert Log has stopped collecting errors. Still pretty new here and not sure what to do. Need help with fix and if possible a reason on what I did wrong to have stopped it.
Windows XP w\ Oracle 10g R2 -- Database Control.
Thanks in advance,
d.

Sorry, I am not really familiar with Oracle. Here is the last error message that shows
Generic Alert Log Error
Time/Line Number          Wed Dec 17 15:39:28 2005/6305
Severity
[Warning]           Warning
Timestamp          Dec 17, 2005 3:48:25 PM
Username          <SYSTEM>
Message          ORA-error stack (12012, 04063, 06508, 06512) logged in C:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ADMIN\CRGDB1\BDUMP\alert_crgdb1.log.
I have been looking up and reading up on this issue and have not found the fix. I appreciate your input!!!
UPDATE: This had to do with a package body (FLOWS...MAIL) that needed re-compiled and therefore does not solve my problem. There is no real eror that points to this matter that I can see. I am newly testing Oracle and am not sure where to go for further info that would record what happened.
Thanks,
olinmd
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olinmd

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