William, Try renaming the tomcat directory so that it has no spaces in it. This usually breaks anything written in java.
Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: Kwan, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 March 2002 19:54 > To: Tomcat user (E-mail) > Subject: HELP! Tomcat startup error > > > Hi, > > Here is a debug of my startup. Could someone please help me?? > > C:\>catalina run -debug > Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT 4.0 > Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT 4.0 > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT 4.0\temp > Using JAVA_HOME: C:\JAVA\JDK1.3.1_02 > ClassLoaderFactory: Creating new class loader > ClassLoaderFactory: Including directory C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\common\clas > ses > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\common\lib\n > aming-common.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\common\lib\n > aming-resources.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\common\lib\s > ervlet.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\common\lib\t > ools.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Creating new class loader > ClassLoaderFactory: Including directory C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\clas > ses > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\c > atalina.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\j > akarta-regexp-1.2.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\s > ervlets-common.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\s > ervlets-default.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\s > ervlets-invoker.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\s > ervlets-manager.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\s > ervlets-snoop.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\s > ervlets-webdav.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\t > omcat-ajp.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\t > omcat-util.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\server\lib\w > arp.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Creating new class loader > ClassLoaderFactory: Including directory C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\classes > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\lib\jasper-c > ompiler.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\lib\jasper-r > untime.jar > ClassLoaderFactory: Including jar file C:\JAVA\APACHE TOMCAT > 4.0\lib\naming-f > actory.jar > Bootstrap: Loading startup class > Bootstrap: Setting startup class properties > Bootstrap: Calling startup class process() method > Exception during startup processing > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org > /xml/sax/HandlerBase > at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:493) > at > java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:11 > 1) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:248) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56) > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) > at > org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.findClass(StandardClas > sLoader.java:674) > at > org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loadClass(StandardClas > sLoader.java:1093) > at > org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loadClass(StandardClas > sLoader.java:992) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:315) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.createStartMapper(Catalina.java: > 280) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:722) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:681) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:179) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:243) > > thanks, > Will > > > -- > 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]>