Hi everyone,

I am using Oracle 8i Personal Edition on Win98. When I attempted to start my listener service I get these error messages.

TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
System parameter file is c:\oracle\ora81\network\admin\listener.ora
Log messages written to c:\oracle\ora81\network\log\listener.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC0))(PROTOCOL_STACK
=(PRESENTATION=TTC)(SESSION=NS)))
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=bassline01)(PORT=1521))(
PROTOCOL_STACK=(PRESENTATION=TTC)(SESSION=NS)))
Attempted to listen on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=bassline01)(PO
RT=1521))(PROTOCOL_STACK=(PRESENTATION=TTC)(SESSION=NS)))
TNS-12538: TNS:no such protocol adapter
TNS-12560: TNSrotocol adapter error
TNS-00508: No such protocol adapter

Could anyone explain what's going on here please!

Thanks in advance.