look at all the logs files, there is always something in there, if you are running on windows, go to the bin directory in a dos prompt and type "catalina.bat run" and see why its failing,
and also, get yourself a version control system, that way you won't lose data :) Filip -----Original Message----- From: Shilpa Nalgonda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 12:07 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Tomcat not starting...Tomcat4.1.30 Hi My Tomcat instance is so badly messed up , i am not able to start it...at all...while i was redeploying my app , it gave me some email related classes not found error...so i copied all the relevant jar into Tomcat/common/lib directory...Then it gave me some other other, so to eliminate the problem, i removed those jars from common/lib and thats it..from then on Tomcat is not starting...nothing in logs...and says exception starting up...i tried so many things but the console is not coming up...I just dowmloaded new Tomcat version in other diretory, did not uninstall the old one , even the new Tomcat is coming up.. do i have to uninstall the old one before the new install?...i am afraid that i loose all my old stuff. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database: 532 - Release Date: 10/29/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database: 532 - Release Date: 10/29/2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
