Oracle 10g express home page is not coming up

Question

I installed Oracle 10g express. Installation went well, But the home page is not coming up. I can connect using sqlplus but not with Sql Developer. I checked tnsnames.ora and listener.ora everything looks fine. Listener is also started. I can always reinstall and see. But I thought better inquire the cause.

Regarding the home page. This is the address that comes up in browser. Localhost:8080 http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex I did a netstat to see whether there is any port conflict for 8080, but that port is not in use.

Have anybody faced this issue?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I tried this and it sorted out my problem... 1. goto start->run
2.type services.msc and hit enter
3.In the applet that opened, scroll down(in right pane) to figure out the option of "OracleServiceXE" and right click on it. 4. In general tab do->>> startup type "Automatic" and click the "start button". 5. Repeat step 4. for the option "OracleXETNSListener". close the window.

now, i hope, the problem should be solved....

Answer 2

Check your windows firewall,If it is on it blocks the opening of the homepage.Either you shut down the windows firewall or allow these following ports : 1521: Oracle database listener

2030: Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server

8080: HTTP port for Oracle XML DB and the Oracle Database XE graphical user interface

See software requirements in the below URL:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B25329_01/doc/install.102/b25143/toc.htm#BABEBCDB

It worked for me!