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TNS Listener Fails To Start With Errors: TNS-12537...Error: 29: Illegal seek (Doc ID 315720.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 18, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Net Services - Version 10.2.0.1 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 10.2 to 12.1]
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.21.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Unable to start an Oracle10g R1 or later Listener on Unix:

For example:


$ lsnrctl start

 

Changes

This is likely a new installation, the /etc/hosts file has been modified, or Oracle VM is being used.

Cause

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