The patch install went fine, and Oracle came up without any problems, but the listener just would not start with the following errors.

lsnrctl start

LSNRCTL for HPUX: Version 10.1.0.4.0 - Production on 08-JUN-2007 15:49:19

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Starting /oracle/SP1/101_64/bin/tnslsnr: please wait...

TNS-12537: TNS:connection closed
 TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
  TNS-00507: Connection closed
 Â  HPUX Error: 29: Illegal seek

I found a couple of potential fixes.

Verified the /etc/hosts contains the localhost entry:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

The above did not work for me, but has for others.

What did work for me is below:

Cause

TNS Listener fails while attempting to initiate subscription to ONS node down event.

Level 16 TNS Listener trace shows the last action:

...
[01-JUL-2005 10:16:59:727] nsglonsinit: Initiated subscription for node down event
...

Same symptoms and corrective action found in Bug 4227455 OCS_MAIN_SOLARIS_050304 - UNABLE TO
START THE SECOND LISTENER

Solution

To implement the solution, please execute the following steps:

1. Explicitly disable the 10g TNS Listener\'s subscrition to ONS by editing the listener.ora file and add the parameter below:

SUBSCRIBE_FOR_NODE_DOWN_EVENT_<listener_name>=OFF

 Â Ã‚ Ã‚ Ã‚ Ã‚  where <listener_name> would be replaced with the actual listener name configured in the listener.ora file.

For example, if the listener name is LISTENER (default), the parameter would be:

SUBSCRIBE_FOR_NODE_DOWN_EVENT_LISTENER=OFF

 Â Ã‚ Ã‚ Ã‚ Ã‚  - Save the listener.ora file

2. Start the TNS Listener from a new LSNRCTL prompt:

lsnrctl <return>

LSNRCTL> start