The solution to the problem was to uncomment the properties found in the jaxp.properties file located in the lib directory of the IBM jre installation
-----Original Message----- From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:35 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Tomcat and IBM JVM Howdy, Is this a JAXP 1.1-compatible JVM? Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:27 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Tomcat and IBM JVM > >I have been able to run our tomcat installation without any problem on >Solaris and Windows. However when I try to run it in AIX I am having the >following problem: > >Apache Tomcat/4.0.4 > Exception in thread "main" javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: >Provider null could not be instantiated: java.lang.NullPointerException > at >javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance(SAXParserFactory.java:14 1) > at >org.apache.catalina.util.xml.XmlMapper.readXml(XmlMapper.java:224) > at org.apache.catalina.realm.MemoryRealm.start(MemoryRealm.java:333) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1108) > at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:343) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Embedded.addEngine(Embedded.java:469) > at >geh.appserver.webserver.WebServerManager.prepareWebServerEngine(WebServ erMa >n >ager.java:265) > at >geh.appserver.webserver.WebServerManager.<init>(WebServerManager.java:7 4) > at >geh.appserver.webserver.WebServerManager.getInstance(WebServerManager.j ava: >9 >2) > >I suppose I have to change some System property so that it uses a specified >XML parser but I do not know which one it is. Any help would be greatly >appreciated. > >Thank You > >Carlos Javier Rivera Vazquez >Staff Engineer >GE Power Systems >Network Reliability Services >1990 West NASA Blvd >Melbourne, FL 32904 >__________________________________________________ > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]