I concur. It is a JVM problem.
I've seen this problem with several java applications (Tomcat, Xerces,
JBoss, Jetty, etc.)
It is a problem that occurs when running Sun's JDK 1.3.1 under the new
Linux 2.4 kernel. (i.e. Redhat 7.1)
I noticed that this bug was documented as fixed in Sun's JDK SE 1.4.0 Beta
2.
The good news is that the segmentation problem was fixed.
That bad news was that my JSP pages would no longer run.
Here is a copy of my original post of this problem.
Unfortunatly, nobody has replied to my original posting :-(
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Hi,
I recently switched to jdkse1.4.0 Beta 2 because I was having seg faults
with Sun JDK 1.3.1
using RH 7.1 Linux 2.4.3-12.
Now that I've switched, my servlets run fine,
but Jasper barfs when I try run .JSP pages:
"org.apache.jasper.JasperException: JASPER: Unable to compile class for
JSPerror: Invalid class file format in
/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0/jre/lib/rt.jar(java/io/PrintWriter.class).
The major.minor version '48.0' is too recent for this tool to understand."
I'm wondering if this is easy to fix
(I'll go snooping around in apache land)
or should I use blackdown JDK 1.3.1 some flavor if IBM jdk?
Any advice would be appreciated!
-----Original Message-----
From: simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 5:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Segmentation Fault when modifying classpath?!
Hello Al,
If you set the environment variable TOMCAT_OPTS to -classic you are not
actually setting a tomcat option but a JVM option. This
means that you will no longer be using the 'hotspot' feature of the JVM,
which will obviously have an impact on performance.
I had all sorts of segfault problems using the Sun JVM 1.3.1 on Linux 7.1
and 6.2. I trawled through the Bug Parade on the javasoft
site. Some of it got really technical and there were as many solutions as
there were opinions. I tried most of them but the most
successful was switching to the IBM JVM. The segfaults stopped and I am
still getting the performance benefit of a JIT compiler.
(I therefore concluded that it is a problem with the JVM - same as Pete
below)
I'm sorry that this is just another 'it worked for me' but I hope it
helps.
simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alejandro Calbazana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: Segmentation Fault when modifying classpath?!
> Thanks Pete! I will give that a shot. I am using Sun's JDK1.3.1 under
> Redhat 7.1 (sorry, forget to mention my setup!).
>
> I did, however, run across a post detailing a problem similar to mine.
The
> suggested solution was to set the TOMCAT_OPTS environment variable
> to -classic. After setting this environment variable, everything ran
> nicely. If anyone can give me any more detail on either solution, that
> would be great. I hate to implement a fix but not know the root cause.
>
> Pete, your explanation seems plausable. I'd be interested in knowing if
> this is a known JVM bug or a Xerces bug?
>
> Al
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 3:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Segmentation Fault when modifying classpath?!
>
>
> > You're not by any chance using Suns JDK 1.3.1 and Linux are you?
> >
> >
> > If you are, add 'ulimit -s 2048' to tomcat.sh (or just type it in the
> > shell you launch tomcat from).
> >
> > This limits the maximum stack size, but i can't give you more detail
> > than that, all i know is it works for me.
> >
> > This problem only seems to show up with xerces, but since it works
fine
> > on other JVMs, and on Sun JDK1.3.1 on Windows, i'd say Sun have a
buggy
> > JVM here.
> >
> > IBM's JDK does not have this problem, so that may be another option
for
> you.
> >
> > Hope that helps
> >
> > -Pete
> >
> > >Ok...
> > >
> > >All this surrounds modifying tomcat.sh per install instructions found
in
> > >apache-soap.
> > >
> > >Per Apache-Soap's "Getting Tomcat Ready", I have changed my classpath
to
> put
> > >xerces.jar at the beginning of my classpath as follows:
> > >....
> > >unset CLASSPATH
> > >
> > >CLASSPATH=/usr/local/java/lib/xerces.jar
> > >
> > >for i in ${TOMCAT_HOME}/lib/* ; do
> > > if [ "$CLASSPATH" != "" ]; then
> > > CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:$i
> > > else
> > > CLASSPATH=$i
> > > fi
> > >done
> > >...
> > >
> > >When starting tomcat I get the following:
> > >
> > >Using classpath:
> > >/usr/local/java/lib/xerces.jar:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/activation.jar:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/ant.jar:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/jasper.jar:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/LICENSE:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/mail.jar:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/servlet.jar:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/soap.jar:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/test:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/webserver.jar:
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/lib/xerces.jar:
> > >/usr/local/java/jdk1.3.1/lib/tools.jar
> > >
> > >/opt/jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3/bin/tomcat.sh: line 181: 12681 Segmentation
> fault
> > >$JAVACMD $TOMCAT_OPTS -Dtomcat.home=${TOMCAT_HOME}
> > >org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat "$@"
> > >
> > >I can not figure out for the life of me why this is happening. I've
also
> > >tried setting the classpath from the shell with the exact same
results.
> Any
> > >hints appreciated.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Al Calbazana
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
smime.p7s
