TNS Listener wont start

Question

Hi,
I have Oracle 11g installed on Win. Vista Home Premium edition. I have set the "Startup" Type for "OracleOraDb11g_home1TNSListener" service to "Manual" and when I try to start it, I get a pop-up saying:
"The OracleOraDb11g_home1TNSListener service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs."
P.S.: I do not get this error message every time. At times it works fine.

Answer 1

Monk wrote:
Thanks for the response guys, but no luck yet.
I know the problem is with listener.ora file
The "Host" is assigned an IP and since my laptop keeps connecting to different wireless connections I am getting different IP.
Ah, a critical detail.
Go back and re-read the Installation Guide. Pay particular attention to the section on installing a loopback adapter.
And remember that no oracle product is certified for any "home" flavor of any release of Windows.
To combat that I modified the Hosts file under "C:/Windows/system32/drivers/etc/" and have added a line 10.10.10.10 <My computer name>
But even then listener.ora file's Hosts attribute points to my initial IP.So what's stopping you from changing it?
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The outputs for lsnrtc start and stop are:
C:\>lsnrctl start
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on 29-JAN-2009 16:28:50
Copyright (c) 1991, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Starting tnslsnr: please wait...
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00530: Protocol adapter error
C:\>lsnrctl stop
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on 29-JAN-2009 16:34:00
Copyright (c) 1991, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00511: No listener
32-bit Windows Error: 2: No such file or directory
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<my initial IP>)(PORT=1521)))
TNS-12535: TNS:operation timed out
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00505: Operation timed out
32-bit Windows Error: 60: Unknown error
C:\>lsnrctl status
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on 29-JAN-2009 16:35:16
Copyright (c) 1991, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1521)))
TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00511: No listener
32-bit Windows Error: 2: No such file or directory
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=<my initial IP>)(PORT=1521)))
TNS-12535: TNS:operation timed out
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00505: Operation timed out
32-bit Windows Error: 60: Unknown error
P.S.: Also I am unable to change my listener.ora file.
Edited by: Monk on Jan 29, 2009 4:41 PM