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Cannot connect to GET STARTED page

TheNomadOct 4 2011 — edited Oct 8 2011
Hello,

First off, I am sorry, I did a search and saw numerous posts on this issue, but about all of them either ended their replies after a user asked "Did you do this or that ?" or they just stopped posting... at most I saw some topics where it magically worked later on, but no real step-by-step instructions.

So, the problem: I installed XE 11g, no apparent problems during install (no warnings so I assume everything is OK), tried the GET STARTED link, but it said it can't connect.

System: Win XP PRO SP3, 2 gb ram using Firefox 7.0.1
DB: Oracle 11g Express Edition
Antivirus: avast 6 (firewall included), but disabled during testing...

lsnrctl:
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias                     LISTENER
Version                   TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Produ
ction
Start Date                05-OCT-2011 02:36:42
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 21 min. 51 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
Default Service           XE
Listener Parameter File   E:\Database\Oracle\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\network\admin\listener.ora
Listener Log File         E:\Database\Oracle\app\oracle\diag\tnslsnr\EASTFRONTIERS03\listener\alert\log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC1ipc)))
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=EASTFRONTIERS03)(PORT=1521)))
Services Summary...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "xe" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "xe", status BLOCKED, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
tns:
XE =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVER = DEDICATED)
      (SERVICE_NAME = XE)
    )
  )

EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
  (DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
    )
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SID = PLSExtProc)
      (PRESENTATION = RO)
    )
  )

ORACLR_CONNECTION_DATA = 
  (DESCRIPTION = 
    (ADDRESS_LIST = 
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1)) 
    ) 
    (CONNECT_DATA = 
      (SID = CLRExtProc) 
      (PRESENTATION = RO) 
    ) 
  ) 
listener:
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
  (SID_LIST =
    (SID_DESC =
      (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
      (ORACLE_HOME = E:\Database\oracle\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server)
      (PROGRAM = extproc)
    )
    (SID_DESC =
      (SID_NAME = CLRExtProc)
      (ORACLE_HOME = E:\Database\oracle\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server)
      (PROGRAM = extproc)
    )
  )

LISTENER =
  (DESCRIPTION_LIST =
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 127.0.0.1)(PORT = 1521))
    )
  )

DEFAULT_SERVICE_LISTENER = (XE)
Services:
OracleJobSchedulerXE
OracleMTSRecoveryService
OracleServiceXE (started)
OracleXEClrAgent
OracleXETNSListener (started)
sqlplus:
SQL> connect
Enter user-name: SYS
Enter password:
ERROR:
ORA-01089: immediate shutdown in progress - no operations are permitted
Process ID: 0
Session ID: 0 Serial number: 0
alert_xe:
Wed Oct 05 02:37:35 2011
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Shared memory segment for instance monitoring created
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 2
Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 parameter default value as USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Autotune of undo retention is turned on. 
IMODE=BR
ILAT =18
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is disabled
Starting up:
Oracle Database 11g Express Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production.
Using parameter settings in client-side pfile E:\DATABASE\ORACLE\APP\ORACLE\PRODUCT\11.2.0\SERVER\CONFIG\SCRIPTS\INIT.ORA on machine EASTFRONTIERS03
System parameters with non-default values:
  sessions                 = 172
  memory_target            = 760M
  control_files            = "E:\DATABASE\ORACLE\APP\ORACLE\ORADATA\XE\CONTROL.DBF"
  compatible               = "11.2.0.0.0"
  db_recovery_file_dest    = "E:\Database\Oracle\app\oracle\fast_recovery_area"
  db_recovery_file_dest_size= 10G
  undo_management          = "AUTO"
  undo_tablespace          = "UNDOTBS1"
  remote_login_passwordfile= "EXCLUSIVE"
  dispatchers              = "(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=XEXDB)"
  shared_servers           = 4
  job_queue_processes      = 4
  audit_file_dest          = "E:\DATABASE\ORACLE\APP\ORACLE\ADMIN\XE\ADUMP"
  db_name                  = "XE"
  open_cursors             = 300
  diagnostic_dest          = "E:\DATABASE\ORACLE\APP\ORACLE"
Wed Oct 05 02:37:53 2011
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=2308 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:53 2011
PSP0 started with pid=3, OS id=1168 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
VKTM started with pid=4, OS id=1920 at elevated priority
VKTM running at (10)millisec precision with DBRM quantum (100)ms
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
GEN0 started with pid=5, OS id=372 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
DIAG started with pid=6, OS id=1580 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
DBRM started with pid=7, OS id=1552 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
DIA0 started with pid=8, OS id=2668 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
MMAN started with pid=9, OS id=2132 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
DBW0 started with pid=10, OS id=3716 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
LGWR started with pid=11, OS id=3952 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
CKPT started with pid=12, OS id=2992 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
SMON started with pid=13, OS id=2616 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
RECO started with pid=14, OS id=1764 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
MMON started with pid=15, OS id=4012 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
starting up 1 dispatcher(s) for network address '(ADDRESS=(PARTIAL=YES)(PROTOCOL=TCP))'...
starting up 4 shared server(s) ...
ORACLE_BASE from environment = E:\Database\Oracle\app\oracle
Wed Oct 05 02:37:55 2011
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
Wed Oct 05 02:37:54 2011
MMNL started with pid=16, OS id=1516 
Wed Oct 05 02:37:57 2011
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
Shutting down instance (immediate)
Shutting down instance: further logons disabled
Stopping background process MMNL
Stopping background process MMON
License high water mark = 1
All dispatchers and shared servers shutdown
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
Wed Oct 05 02:38:02 2011
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
Wed Oct 05 02:38:03 2011
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
Wed Oct 05 02:38:03 2011
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
Wed Oct 05 02:38:03 2011
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
AUD: OS Error = 1717 encountered while writing audit record
From what I could gather from other posts here (and on other sites) the problem is I don't have anything listening on 8080. Other than that, all seems OK (I think).
So, can anyone tell me\help me on why that one isn't starting ? I reinstalled this 6 times and still can't figure out the problem... (as you saw, I even replaced the tns hostname with 127.0.0.1 out of paranoia). It's seriously driving me mad. Every topic I searched for (from the problem itself to even a step-by-step for dummies) shows an install, then the interface working... I see some questions regarding "I can't connect to..." but most are unanswered :(


Thanks in advance!

P.S. let me know if I forgot to mention anything relevant
This post has been answered by orafad on Oct 6 2011
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