I'm guessing that there is a more informative message in 'catalina.out', and that the problem is that 4.1.12 doesn't work with xerces-2.2.x (other than 'nightly'). Replace the xerces jars in $CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed with the 2.1.0 version, and it should be fine.
"Shawn Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have the following packages installed on a RedHat 7.3 box: > > tomcat4-4.1.12-full.2jpp > tomcat4-admin-webapps-4.1.12-full.2jpp > > Tomcat starts up fine and I can log into the admin app without problem. > However, the moment I try to do anything in the admin app I get a "HTTP > Status 503 - Servlet action is currently unavailable" error, and I see > this in my catalina.out log file: > > javax.servlet.UnavailableException: MBeanServer is not available > at > org.apache.webapp.admin.ApplicationServlet.initServer(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.webapp.admin.ApplicationServlet.getServer(Unknown > Source) > at org.apache.webapp.admin.TomcatTreeBuilder.buildTree(Unknown > Source) > at org.apache.webapp.admin.SetUpTreeAction.perform(Unknown Source) > at > org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.processActionPerform(ActionServlet.ja va) > at > org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java) > at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) > at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Unknown > Source) > ... > ... > > What does this exception mean, and what do I need to do to get the admin > app running? > > Thanks, > -shawn > > -- > ==================================== > Shawn Wilson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Software Developer, ATMReports.com > PH: 877-327-0873, FAX: 406-294-5806 > ==================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>