Alex Reid wrote:
> I have successfully installed Oracle 10g enterprise edition on my home
> pc for educational purposes.
>
> Whenever I attempt to open the EM database control via Mozilla Firefox,
> I get this error message:
>
> "The connection was refused when attempting to contact 192.168.2.1:5500"
>
> This leads me to believe one of two possibilities:
> 1. I do not have an instance started
> 2. I do not have an active listener
>
> My OS is Win XP Pro. I have verified that the following services are
> started:
>
> OracleCSService
> OracleOraDb10g_home2SNMPPeerEncapsulator
> OracleOraDb10g_home2SNMPPeerMasterAgent
>
> This service however, will not start:
> OracleOraDb10g_home1TNSListener
>
> If I try to start it, I get the following error message:
>
> "The OracleOraDb10g_home1TNSListener service started & then stopped.
> Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do..."
>
> Shouldn't this service be running all the time so that it can listen for
> connection requests? Please help the newbie!
>
Yes, it should.
OEM uses a different communications mechanism, though, so that
should not be the source of your problem. It *is* worrying, I'd say.
You should have a HTTP listener, listening on port 5500.
What does netstat say?
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu Jan 20 2005 - 02:34:08 CST
