Thank you, Rama. Tomcat works fine now that I upgraded to 1.3 (after I had some issues with my CLASSPATH settled). Thank you also Jim for the app. I haven't tried it yet - can I use it for other troubleshooting purposes connected to Tomcat or is it only for startup issues? Thank you both again, Simon Gottesman
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 3:50 AM Subject: RE: Help starting Tomcat 4.0 on Windows 2000 > try to upgrade your jdk (currently 1.3). > the error shows that there are some classes missing. upgrading most > probably solves your problem. > > > Rama > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simon Gottesman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 7:44 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Help starting Tomcat 4.0 on Windows 2000 > > > > > > Hello - > > I am trying to use tomcat as a standalone container for > > testing and learning > > purposes. I have installed version 4.0 on Windows 2000, but > > I keep getting > > an error on starting up Tomcat. The error is attached below. I tried > > changing port 8080 in server.xml. I have also set JAVA_HOME > > (to C:\jdk1.2.2 > > [I've this JDK installed, needless to say]), as well as > > CATALINA_HOME (to > > C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0). I am also not behind a proxy and > > have even disabled > > my firewall software for good measure. When I try to connect to > > http://localhost:8080/ with explorer I get the "cannot find > > server" error. > > If it's of any interest, I have disabled IIS a long time ago, so it no > > longer appears as a service in the Services console - i.e., it's not > > blocking up port 80. I have read through the doc "A > > Minimalist User's Guide" > > as well as "A Quick Guide to Installing Tomcat on Windows" > > from devx.com, > > and neither of these had an answer for me. Here is the error message: > > > > C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\bin> startup > > Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0 > > Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0 > > Using CLASSPATH: > > C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\bin\bootstrap.jar;C:\jdk1.2.2\lib\tools.jar > > Using JAVA_HOME: C:\jdk1.2.2 > > Begin event threw exception > > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/naming/directory/DirContext > > at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Native Method) > > at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:241) > > at > > org.apache.commons.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreat > > eRule.java:155 > > ) > > at > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java, > > Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.startElement(SAXParser.java, > > Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.validators.common.XMLValidator.callStartElem > > ent(XMLValidat > > or.j > > ava, Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.scanElement(XML > > DocumentScanne > > r.ja > > va, Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$ContentDispatch > > er.dispatch(XM > > LDoc > > umentScanner.java, Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDo > > cumentScanner. > > java > > , Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1081) > > at > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1198) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Unknown Source) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Unknown Source) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Unknown Source) > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Unknown Source) > > Catalina.start: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Error at (115, 65: > > javax/naming/directory/Di > > rContext > > org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Error at (115, 65: > > javax/naming/directory/DirContext > > at > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digest > > er.java:1846) > > at > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digest > > er.java:1875) > > at > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java, > > Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.startElement(SAXParser.java, > > Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.validators.common.XMLValidator.callStartElem > > ent(XMLValidat > > or.j > > ava, Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.scanElement(XML > > DocumentScanne > > r.ja > > va, Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$ContentDispatch > > er.dispatch(XM > > LDoc > > umentScanner.java, Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDo > > cumentScanner. > > java > > , Compiled Code) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1081) > > at > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1198) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Unknown Source) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Unknown Source) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Unknown Source) > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Unknown Source) > > C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\bin> > > > > Please help if you can understand what the problem is from this error > > string. Please also reply if you need more info in order to > > make a correct > > diagnosis, and I will gladly supply it. > > TIA, > > Simon Gottesman > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
