From the sounds of it you've done everything correctly.
Have you asked Godaddy for help?

JD
Bryan O'Neal wrote:
> /etc/init.d/oracle-xe restart gives you what you would expect; 
> it shuts down down the DB and the listener and then starts them.  The 
> VPS has a dedicated 512MB and a burstable 2GB of memory.  Oracle is 
> set to start with the machine.  It works perfectly in every 
> environment i tried save the Go Daddy environment.
>
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> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of 
> *JD Austin
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2007 4:54 AM
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: Installing Oracle XE on a 64bit system - Free Beer 
> tothe firstperson who correctly solves my problem!
>
> Bryan O'Neal wrote:
>> That log file does not exist on the problem machine.  In fact the entire
>> bdump directory is empty.
>>
>>   
> It's sounding like corruption or that oracle refuses to even start.
> How much memory do you have on the VPS?
> Do you have oracle set to start when the machine starts?
> Have you tried /etc/init.d/oracle-xe restart    to see what happens?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of JD
>> Austin
>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:07 PM
>> To: Main PLUG discussion list
>> Subject: Re: Installing Oracle XE on a 64bit system - Free Beer to the
>> firstperson who correctly solves my problem!
>>
>> Bryan O'Neal wrote:
>>   
>>> Got VNC working, will likely do NX, I have used it before and liked it
>>>     
>>
>>   
>>> quite a bit, but forgot all about it.
>>>
>>> Still no go on Oracle.
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>> Check the Oracle alert log to see what's going on:
>> tail /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/admin/XE/bdump/alert_XE.log
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