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?

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Subject: Re: Installing Oracle XE on a 64bit system - Free Beer to the
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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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