I had the same problem,but when I placed the connector jar in WEB-INF/lib , It worked !!
Thanks and Regards, Pavithra Kumar -----Original Message----- From: JeffBHCS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 3:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Roller will not start - roller.log attached Thanks for the quick response! 1 - I have a MySQL driver in the CATALINA_HOME/common/lib, which is: mysql-connector-java-3.1.13-bin-g.jar 2 - I don't know what the aspectj is, but as I've been browsing forums trying to find some answers, I have seen this mentioned before. I also just noted the following in the manager log: Jun 7, 2006 5:17:31 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: start: Starting web application at '/roller' Jun 7, 2006 5:18:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log SEVERE: FAIL - Application at context path /roller could not be started java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.log4j.spi.LocationInfo.<init>(LocationInfo.java:104) at org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent.getLocationInformation(LoggingEvent.ja va:191) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser$ClassNamePatternConverter.getFull yQualifiedName(PatternParser.java:538) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser$NamedPatternConverter.convert(Pat ternParser.java:511) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternConverter.format(PatternConverter.java:6 4) at org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout.format(PatternLayout.java:503) at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:301) at org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender.subAppend(DailyRollingFileAppe nder.java:358) at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:159) at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:230) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(Ap penderAttachableImpl.java:65) at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:203) at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:388) at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:853) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger.error(Log4JLogger.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.jav a:3602) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4168 ) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:117 5) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet. java:527) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet(HTMLManagerServlet. java:104) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Applica tionFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilt erChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValv e.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValv e.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Authenticator Base.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java :126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java :105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve. java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:1 48) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.j ava:831) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.proce ss(Http11AprProtocol.java:639) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1203) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Jun 7, 2006 5:18:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: HTMLManager: list: Listing contexts for virtual host 'localhost' I don't know if this would be of any help in trying to figure out what's going on, but it does seem to be pointing to the same problem as item #1. I'm curious about something though. In Tomcat, you can manually add a data source, and I have been trying to do that, thinking that that may be the problem, but I am not sure if I have all the parameters right. I had the following: JNDI Name - jdbc/rollerdb Data Source URL - jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/rollerdb JDBC Driver Class - com.mysql.jdbc.driver User Name - <MySql_UserName> Password - <MySql_Passwrd> Max Active Connections - 4 Max Idle Connections - 2 Max Wait for Connection - 5000 Validation Query - <empty> Any suggestions? Do I even need to do this? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Roller-will-not-start---roller.log-attached-t17506 03s12275.html#a4761515 Sent from the Roller - User forum at Nabble.com. This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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