are you quitting from the shell afterwards? does ps -e show a bunch of JVM processes pointed to tomcat? is there any exception logging in tomcat's logs? also, try to use nohup
nohup ./startup.sh & Allistair. > -----Original Message----- > From: James Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 December 2004 14:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: not starting up > > > I am having a problem getting Tomcat to stay up. > > I do the following command > $: ./startup.sh start > > I get the following feedback > Using CATALINA_BASE: > /usr/src/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.4-src/jakarta-tomcat-5/build > Using CATALINA_HOME: > /usr/src/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.4-src/jakarta-tomcat-5/build > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: > /usr/src/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.4-src/jakarta-tomcat-5/build/temp > Using JAVA_HOME: /opt/jdk1.5.0/ > > and nothing shows up under ps aux. any help please.... > > -- > James Peterson > Network Administrator > Roman Meal Milling Company > Phone 701.282.9656 > Fax 701.282.9743 > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> ------------------------------------------------------- QAS Ltd. Developers of QuickAddress Software <a href="http://www.qas.com">www.qas.com</a> Registered in England: No 2582055 Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 ------------------------------------------------------- </FONT> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]