FIX: SQLSTATE: S1000 Native Error Code:12541 Driver Message:[Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-12541: TNS:no listener

Error: When you attempt to connect to your Oracle DB instance, you’ll receive below error

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ODBC 32Bit Test Program

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SQLSTATE: S1000

Native Error Code:12541

Driver Message:[Oracle][ODBC][Ora]ORA-12541: TNS:no listener

Need Any suggestions to avoid error ?

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Yes No

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Cause and Troubleshooting:

Cause: The Oracle Instance is NOT running on the Oracle DB server.

login as: root
root@192.168.2.101’s password:
Last login: Wed Feb 19 15:35:19 2014 from 192.168.1.91
[root@OraProd01 ~]# lsnrctl

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 8.1.6.0.0 – Production on 19-FEB-2014 16:36:28

(c) Copyright 1998, 1999, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Welcome to LSNRCTL, type "help" for information.

LSNRCTL> status
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.168.2.101)(PORT=1521))                                                                              )
TNS-01103: Protocol specific component of the address is incorrectly specified
TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
  TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
   TNS-00511: No listener
    Linux Error: 111: Connection refused
LSNRCTL> start
Starting /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/bin/tnslsnr: please wait…

TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 8.1.6.0.0 – Production
NL-00280: error creating log stream /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log
NL-00278: cannot open log file
  SNL-00016: snlfohd: error opening file
  Linux Error: 13: Permission denied

LSNRCTL> exit
[root@OraProd01 ~]# ls -l /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log
-rw-r–r– 1 oracle dba 2147483647 Feb 19 12:15 /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log
[root@OraProd01 ~]# lsnrctl start

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 8.1.6.0.0 – Production on 19-FEB-2014 16:43:15

(c) Copyright 1998, 1999, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Starting /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/bin/tnslsnr: please wait…

TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 8.1.6.0.0 – Production
NL-00280: error creating log stream /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log
NL-00278: cannot open log file
  SNL-00016: snlfohd: error opening file
   Linux Error: 13: Permission denied

[root@OraProd01 ~]#

Fix:

Fix the permissions or remove the reported log file, then start the TNS Listener service.

[root@OraProd01 ~]# mv /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener-old.log
[root@OraProd01 ~]# ls -l /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log
ls: /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log: No such file or directory
[root@OraProd01 ~]# lsnrctl start

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 8.1.6.0.0 – Production on 19-FEB-2014 16:46:00

(c) Copyright 1998, 1999, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Starting /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/bin/tnslsnr: please wait…

TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 8.1.6.0.0 – Production
System parameter file is /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/admin/listener.ora
Log messages written to /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=192.168.2.101)(PORT=1521)))
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC)))

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=192.168.2.101)(PORT=1521)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
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Alias                     LISTENER
Version                   TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 8.1.6.0.0 – Production
Start Date                19-FEB-2014 16:46:00
Uptime                    0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  OFF
SNMP                      OFF
Listener Parameter File   /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File         /opt/oracle/product/8.1.6/network/log/listener.log
Services Summary…
  PLSExtProc            has 1 service handler(s)
  OraProd01                has 1 service handler(s)
The command completed successfully
[root@OraProd01 ~]#