I answered my own question and wanted to share with everyone else. Apparently, JBoss 3.0.3 pukes on startup because the path where it was installed included a '+' (plus) character. Replacing the + with an underscore fixes the problem.
3.0.2 did not exhibit this same behavior. Over and out, Christian On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Christian Nelson wrote: > Fellow JBossers, > > I've been using JBoss-3.0.2+Tomcat-4.0.4 for a while and it's been great. > > I decided to try out the new JBoss-3.0.3+Tomcat4.1.12 and I'm having this > weird startup problem (se below). This is a vanilla installation too. > > I also have the same problem with JBoss-3.0.3+Tomcat-4.0.5. > > I do *not* have the problem under Windows 2000 or Red Hat Linux 7.3. I am > running Windows Xp SP1. > > Here's the error: > > <<< > D:\Applications\JBoss-3.0.3+Tomcat-4.1.12\bin>run > =============================================================================== > . JBoss Bootstrap Environment > . JBOSS_HOME: D:\Applications\JBoss-3.0.3+Tomcat-4.1.12\bin\\.. > . JAVA: D:\Applications\Java\j2sdk1.4.1\bin\java > . JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.bat > . CLASSPATH: >;D:\Applications\Java\j2sdk1.4.1\lib\tools.jar;D:\Applications\JBoss-3.0.3+Tomcat-4.1.12\bin\\run.jar > =============================================================================== > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:198) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:186) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:299) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:255) > at org.jboss.system.server.ServerLoader.createServer(ServerLoader.java:241) > at org.jboss.system.server.ServerLoader.load(ServerLoader.java:224) > at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:140) > at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:381) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) > Press any key to continue . . . > >>> > > This seems like it's got to be something very simple... any clues? > > Best regards, > Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christian 'xian' Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -- Howard Thurman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net emial is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4699841;7576301;v? http://www.sun.com/javavote _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user