Before trying the shell, can you look at the server logs and see if everything is fine?
Also, is the web UI working fine? 2013/4/25 Yves S. Garret <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com>: > Ok, spoke too soon :) . > > I ran this command [ create 'test', 'cf' ] and this is the result that I > got: > http://bin.cakephp.org/view/168926019 > > This is after running help<enter> and having this run just fine. > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Jean-Marc Spaggiari < > jean-m...@spaggiari.org> wrote: > >> Hi Yves, >> >> 0.95.0 is a developer version. If you are starting with HBase, I will >> recommend you to choose a more stable version like 0.94.6.1. >> >> Regarding the 3 choices you are listing below. >> 1) This one is HBase 0.95 running over Hadoop 1.0 >> 2) This one is HBase 0.95 running over Hadoop 2.0 >> 3) This one are the HBase source classes. >> >> Again, I think you are better to go with a stable version for the >> first steps: http://www.bizdirusa.com/mirrors/apache/hbase/stable/ >> >> Would you mind to retry you tests with this version and let me know if >> it's working better? >> >> JM >> >> 2013/4/25 Yves S. Garret <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com>: >> > Hi, I'm trying to run 0.95.0. >> > >> > I've tried both and nothing worked. >> > >> > I do have another question. When I go to download hbase, I get the >> > following 3 choices: >> > http://www.bizdirusa.com/mirrors/apache/hbase/hbase-0.95.0/ >> > >> > The 3 choices: >> > - hbase-0.95.0-hadoop1-bin.tar.gz (what I'm using) >> > - hbase-0.95.0-hadoop2-bin.tar.gz >> > - hbase-0.95.0-src.tar.gz >> > >> > Which of those should I download and work with? The instructions >> > were somewhat vague on that and I think this might be causing me >> > some headaches in this process. >> > >> > By the way, thank you for your answer, very appreciated! >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Jean-Marc Spaggiari < >> > jean-m...@spaggiari.org> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Yves, >> >> >> >> Which version of HBase are you trying with? It should be working with >> Java >> >> 1.7. >> >> >> >> To start HBase, are you trying "bin/start-hbase.sh start" as you said >> >> below? On only "bin/start-hbase.sh"? The later is the correct one >> >> while the former as an extra "start" not required at the end. >> >> >> >> JM >> >> >> >> >> >> 2013/4/25 Yves S. Garret <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com>: >> >> > Hi all, >> >> > >> >> > I'm having an issue with getting HBase to run. I'm following this >> >> tutorial: >> >> > http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#start_hbase >> >> > >> >> > When I run that command [ bin/start-hbase.sh start ], nothing happens. >> >> At >> >> > all. >> >> > My question is why. I have Java 1.7 on this machine, do I _need_ to >> get >> >> > 1.6? >> >> >>