Hi Squirrel, Thanks for the info. I might give the standalone distribution one more go and then I'll give up...
Thanks for your help everyone. Graeme On 12 Jun 2008, at 18:37, Squirrel wrote: > Just to let you know: > > I just tried it with CentOS 5 too, without any success. > I tried it again with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server, no success (I spent > over 12 > hours, installing the whole server more than 5 times from scratch, > searching > for infos, etc.) > Switched back, again, to Debian Etch, 30 min. later everything is up > and > running. > > Boy, freaking distro bunglers... > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Squirrel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I would try to remove tomcat and install it from source or try it >> (in a >> virtualbox) with Debian Etch... >> >> Sorry lacking in better ideas... >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Graeme West >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Thanks for your ideas. I'm using 'postgresql-jdbc3.jar', which >>> shipped >>> with CentOS 5, in the /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/lib >>> directory. It has the correct permissions and ownership (the same as >>> all the other tomcat libs). >>> >>> I just tried switching to using MySQL with the MySQL/j connector >>> instead - this gave the same result. So I'm thinking it's a Tomcat >>> problem. >>> >>> I've also tried deleting the Xwiki webapp folder, and letting Tomcat >>> re-unpack it. Same result. >>> >>> I can't see anything unusual in the Tomcat logs at all, >>> unfortunately. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> >>> Graeme West >>> >>> On 12 Jun 2008, at 15:02, Squirrel wrote: >>> >>>> The owner is varying from distribution to distribution...sometimes >>>> it's >>>> tomcat55:nogroup (debian+ubuntu) or if you install tomcat from >>>> source, >>>> whatever you have defined... >>>> >>>> But Jean-Vincent is right, that could be an issue too. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Jean-Vincent Drean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Graeme, >>>>> >>>>> Do you see any error in the container log ? >>>>> Having the DB misconfigured lead to a XWiki exception, getting a >>>>> 404 >>>>> means that the container hasn't deployed the webapp. >>>>> Can it be a right issue ? Is the owner of the xwiki webapp files >>>>> tomcat:tomcat ? >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Esbach, Brandon >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> Graeme, >>>>>> >>>>>> If you've just deployed it, you usually need to ensure you've >>>>>> setup the >>>>>> hibernate to point to your database (it's fairly simple to do, >>>>>> just edit >>>>>> the file and uncomment the relative area, adding in account >>>>>> details as >>>>>> needed). >>>>>> AFAIK tomcat won't start the app until it has a valid db >>>>>> connection, >>>>>> which could explain why you're getting a tomcat error (and not an >>>>>> xwiki >>>>>> error) >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>>>> Behalf >>>>>> Of Graeme West >>>>>> Sent: 12 June 2008 13:02 >>>>>> To: XWiki Users >>>>>> Subject: [xwiki-users] New install problem: 404 from Tomcat >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> Just attempted to deploy the XWiki 1.4 .WAR distribution into >>>>>> Tomcat >>>>>> 5.5.20, using PostgreSQL, and I'm getting a 404 error when I try >>>>>> to load >>>>>> the Xwiki main page. >>>>>> >>>>>> I deployed the wiki by dropping the .war file into the webapps >>>>>> directory, and Tomcat subsequently automatically unpacked the WAR >>>>>> into >>>>>> an 'xwiki' directory. >>>>>> >>>>>> But now when I go to my host : http://localhost:8080/xwiki/ , I >>>>>> get an >>>>>> Apache Tomcat 404 error, saying "The requested resource (/xwiki/) >>>>>> is not >>>>>> available.". It's not even an XWiki 404 - it's a default Tomcat >>>>>> one, the >>>>>> same as I'd get if I loaded >>> http://localhost:8080/ThisWebAppDoesNotExist >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm sure I've installed the Xwiki war incorrectly, but can anyone >>>>>> point >>>>>> me in the right direction - where have I gone wrong? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm deploying on CentOS 5 using the default Tomcat installation >>>>>> which >>>>>> comes with that OS. The only thing I've changed is the Hibernate >>>>>> configuration to reflect a Postgre database (which is set up). >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>>> >>>>>> Graeme West >>>>>> >>>>>> Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, >>>>>> number >>>>>> SC021474 _______________________________________________ >>>>>> users mailing list >>>>>> users@xwiki.org >>>>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> users mailing list >>>>>> users@xwiki.org >>>>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jean-Vincent Drean >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> users mailing list >>>>> users@xwiki.org >>>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> users mailing list >>>> users@xwiki.org >>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>> >>>> Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email >>>> management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems >>> >>> >>> Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, >>> number >>> SC021474 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> users@xwiki.org >>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email > management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
