I imagine that you have a problem with an XML parser definition. If you have JDK 1.4.x installed you might try to run tomcat using that JDK since it has a built in XML implementation.
Regards, Stefan. On Monday 13 January 2003 12:03, Raj wrote: > Hello Reynir, > This is what I get. What could be wrong? > > C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\bin>catalina run > Using CATALINA_BASE: .. > Using CATALINA_HOME: .. > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: ..\temp > Using JAVA_HOME: c:\jdk1.3 > Exception during startup processing > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: > javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurat > ionError: Provider null could not be instantiated: > java.lang.NullPointerExceptio > n > at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getFactory(Digester.java:511) > at > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getParser(Digester.java:676) at > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.getXMLReader(Digester.java:892) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1495) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:449) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) > > C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\bin> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Reynir Hübner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:25 PM > Subject: RE: Tomcat Won't start on NT > > > There are many things that may be wrong. > Try opening a command console, browse to the tomcat/bin directory and type > in the following to start up tomcat : > C:\> tomcat\bin\catalina run > > It will then try to start it self on the console and you should be able to > see the error messages as the error happens. > > Hope it helps > -reynir -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>