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11g Listener Fails to Start: Cannot Load Program ORACLE_HOME/bin/Tnslsnr (Doc ID 758227.1)

Last updated on MARCH 31, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Net Services - Version 11.1.0.6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

An attempt to start the 11g listener using the lsnrctl utility yields the following message:

LSNRCTL for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on 23-DEC-2008 10:07:14

Copyright (c) 1991, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Starting /app/Administrator/product/.../bin/tnslsnr: please wait...

exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program /app/Administrator/product/.../bin/tnslsnr because of the
following errors:


0509-150 Dependent module /app/Administrator/product/../1110/lib32/libons.so could not
be loaded.
0509-103 The module has an invalid magic number.
TNS-12547: TNS:lost contact
TNS-12560: TNS:proto adapter error
TNS-00517: Lost contact
IBM/AIX RISC System/6000 Error: 32: Broken pipe


Changes

This is likely a new installation or possibly the LIB_PATH, LIBPATH, SHLIB_PATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH has been changed since the installation took place.

Cause

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