I'll answer my own post. It seems I'm not the only person to hit the problem described in my note below. The solution lies in Metalink note 610431.999. Be sure to read all of the thread, especially the note from Eduardo about specifying port 1813. I can't seem to login to Database Manager as SYSDBA, but I guess that can be tomorrow's problem. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. Sunday, February 29, 2004, 9:20:59 PM, Jonathan Gennick (jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: JG> I must have offended the gods. My Oracle10g database is JG> running, I can connect using iSQL*Plus, but for the life of JG> me I can't start the Enterprise Manager Database Console. JG> Here's what happens when I try: JG> oracle@gennick02:~> emctl start dbconsole JG> TZ set to US/Eastern JG> Unable to determine local host from URL EMD_URL=http://gennick02.gennick.com:/emd/main JG> . JG> oracle@gennick02:~> JG> This is a fresh install, running on a certified platform: JG> SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Service Pack 3. Something is JG> screwed up here, but what? JG> Best regards, JG> Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are JG> http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx JG> Join the Oracle-article list and receive one JG> article on Oracle technologies per month by JG> email. To join, visit http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, JG> or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and JG> include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. JG> ---------------------------------------------------------------- JG> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com JG> ---------------------------------------------------------------- JG> To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx JG> put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. JG> -- JG> Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ JG> FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html JG> ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------