You are likely getting the same error in both cases. Just that in the first case you can see the error on the console. In the second case it's just going to a log file.
It could be a bad download/unzip/permission error. Make sure you have JAVA_HOME defined (maybe in your ~/.profile ) Oz On 19/06/2012, at 10:55 PM, Daniel Mikusa wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> I followed directions for install and config here: >> http://wolfpaulus.com/journal/mac/tomcat7 >> >> and here: >> >> http://www.janhellevik.no/blog/?p=323 >> >> When attempting to start Tomcat I get the following error…. ( I've >> googled the _ _ it out of this error and can't find a fix. >> >> sudo $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh run >> Password: >> Using CATALINA_BASE: /Library/Tomcat >> Using CATALINA_HOME: /Library/Tomcat >> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Library/Tomcat/temp >> Using JRE_HOME: >> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home >> Using CLASSPATH: >> /Library/Tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Library/Tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar >> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: >> org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap >> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: >> org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap >> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) >> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) >> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) > > Don't do this. Use "bin/startup.sh" to start Tomcat and "bin/shutdown.sh" to > stop it. Life will be much simpler this way. startup.sh and shutdown.sh are useful in a development environment. You'll likely need to learn how to use catalina.sh in a production environment. > >> >> When I attempt start this way: >> >> sudo /Library/Tomcat/bin/startup.sh >> Password: >> Using CATALINA_BASE: /Library/Tomcat >> Using CATALINA_HOME: /Library/Tomcat >> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Library/Tomcat/temp >> Using JRE_HOME: >> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home >> Using CLASSPATH: >> /Library/Tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Library/Tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar >> >> I get no errors, but http://localhost:8080 does not connect. > > This could be a number of things. What do you see in your log file after > Tomcat starts? Any errors or stack traces? > > Also, do you have any applications deployed to Tomcat? > > Dan > > > >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> Samuel. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
