Re: error reading request --please help

[Vasanth Krishnan Venkatachalam]

they are allowed. if i run apache web server on that same port i can
telnet to it and get webpages.

On Mon, 21 May 2001, Gordon Jones wrote:

> Are you sure that telnet connections are allowed on this server.
> 
> Perhaps the default is secure shell only (ssh)
> 
> On Monday, May 21, 2001, at 07:21 , Vasanth Krishnan Venkatachalam wrote:
> 
> > I just noticed one more thing: when i try to telnet to that port on the
> > command line, I'm connected and then right away disconnected, and the
> > same error message appears in tomcat's window:
> >
> > telnet> open vader 19000
> > Trying 128.195.1.4...
> > Connected to vader.ics.uci.edu.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > vvenkata@vader%
> >
> > On Mon, 21 May 2001, Vasanth Krishnan Venkatachalam wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, i've started tomcat run. when i point my browser to
> >>
> >> http://vader.ics.uci.edu:19000
> >>
> >> i get a message in the window where tomcat is running. so obviously 
> >> tomcat
> >> is detecting something, but it's generating this error:
> >>
> >>  ContextManager: Error reading request, ignored - java.lang
> >> .NullPointerException
> >>         at
> >> org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnectio
> >> n(HttpConnectionHandler.java, Compiled Code)
> >>         at
> >> org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpConnectionThread.run(SimpleTcpEndpoint.j
> >> ava, Compiled Code)
> >>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java, Compiled Code)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, 21 May 2001, Michael Wentzel wrote:
> >>
> >>>> i tried that...status quo
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, 21 May 2001, Gilles Laborderie wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Try to point your browser to
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://vader.ics.uci.edu:19000/examples/jsp/source.jsp
> >>>
> >>> Start from the bottom up.  Get it working for
> >>> http://vader.ics.uci.edu:19000/ first so you know if
> >>> tomcat is running at all first.  Then try some of the
> >>> core example jsp.  Then and only then should you try your
> >>> pages.
> >>>
> >>> Another way of checking to see if tomcat is listening for
> >>> http request on port 19000(any particular reason for such
> >>> an extreme port selection?) is to telnet to the machine on
> >>> port 19000 then do a simple command line HTTP GET request
> >>> and see what comes back.
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like tomcat isn't running though.  Make sure nothing
> >>> is using this port already and use tomcat run instead of
> >>> tomcat start(if that should be your case) so you can view
> >>> things as they are happening.
> >>>
> >>> Just a few starting points.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> Michael Wentzel
> >>> Software Developer
> >>> Software As We Think - http://www.aswethink.com
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>