Re: Listener won't start! TNS protocol adapter error

In article <70plnc$oec$1_at_hermes.is.co.za>,   "Billy Verreynne" <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote:
> jessicalevour_at_my-dejanews.com wrote in message
> <70pdfg$rk8$1_at_nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>
> >I have re-installed Personal Oracle 7.2.2.3.1 on Win98 but I receive the
> >following error when attempting to start the listener:
> >
> >TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
> > TNS-00530: Protocol adapter error
> <snipped>
>
> >Attempted to listen on: (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PARTIAL=yes)(QUEUESIZE=1))
> >TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
> > TNS-00530: Protocol adapter error
>
> This may be the clue as to why you get the error. I think you need to
> include an IPC (inter process communication) entry in the listener's config
> file.
>
> Try and the following to the ADDRESS_LIST of your LISTENER.ORA:
> ---
> (ADDRESS=
> (PROTOCOL= IPC)
> (KEY= oracle.world)
> )
> (ADDRESS=
> (PROTOCOL= IPC)
> (KEY= ORCL)
> )
> ---
>
> I shooting from the hip here but I think the problem may be that the
> listener process can not establish an IPC connection with the database
> process which then results in the error you describe.
>
> regards,
> Billy
>
>

Not shooting from the hip, I'd rather check to see which network protocol has been set up on your PC, i doubt whether it's IPC - it will probably be TCP... in that case replace IPC in your tnsnames.ora file with TCP.

Regards

--
Oliver Willandsen
European Commission
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