Note:392605.1 says "The /etc/oraInst.loc is pointing to a wrong location". Others report that the file has wrong permission. Note:316817.1 says you can turn on tracing by setting SRVM_TRACE. Yong Huang ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l