And that is what is puzzling us... The goal is to get rid of the listener.ora file, and use the spfile only. The way the docs read, the listener should be started at instance startup via the LOCAL_LISTENER init.ora param. Scott Shafer -----Original Message----- From: Tanel Põder [mailto:tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx] > LSNRCTL> set current_listener db1 > LSNRCTL> services > Connecting to (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)(PORT=1421)) > TNS-12541: TNS:no listener > TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error > TNS-00511: No listener > HPUX Error: 239: Connection refused Sorry again, I didn't read your post thoroughly enough, but this error message shows that your listener isn't running at all! Tanel. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------