From: herbert.ebberg@eitcon.de   
      
   Hello,   
   I need some help - my listener crashes without reason after installing   
   Oracle 9i on a Windows XP Prof ServicePack2. I can start the listener with   
   lsnrctl or with the services of xp, the first tnsping works fine, but when I   
   try it again, the listener crashes without reason. Is there a known problen   
   with winsock or is there a path for xp ?   
      
   Please help   
      
   Herbert Ebberg   
      
      
   My listener.ora:   
      
   LISTENER =   
     (DESCRIPTION =   
       (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))   
     )   
      
   SID_LIST_LISTENER =   
     (SID_LIST =   
       (SID_DESC =   
         (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)   
         (ORACLE_HOME = C:\Programme\oracle\ora92)   
         (PROGRAM = extproc)   
       )   
       (SID_DESC =   
         (GLOBAL_DBNAME = orcl)   
         (ORACLE_HOME = C:\Programme\oracle\ora92)   
         (SID_NAME = orcl)   
       )   
     )   
      
   My tnsnames.ora:   
   ORCL.EBBERG.NO-IP.COM =   
     (DESCRIPTION =   
       (ADDRESS_LIST =   
         (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))   
       )   
       (CONNECT_DATA =   
         (SERVICE_NAME = orcl)   
       )   
     )   
      
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