Hi, I need help to solve a peculiar problem . I have a Oracle 8.1.7.4.11 on windows 2000 sp3.This is a stand-alone server . I am facing a peculiar problem .After rebooting the server , the listener hangs during start . lsnrctl hangs. Tried out the following . 1) removed snmp*.ora 2) Ensured that terminal services are not used to start listener. 3) Made Listener.log =3D 0 bytes. 4) The Oracle_home has sufficient space . 5) set oracle_home,oracle_sid to correct values . 6) Compared sizes of tns*.exe............ sizes are ok. Copied a good one. 7) Trying to start listener from console. Still hangs.=20 8) Rebooted the server without any positive result . 9) Created a new listener.ora using net8 , still listener hangs. 10) Checked the ipaddress , it is correct . 11) Ping to the host ...works fine . 12) No patches applied to the OS or to Oracle . Thanks and regards Shreepad Vaidya ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------