Looks like you have the string "--" embedded within comments in the xml file conf/server.xml
--- On Thu, 9/11/08, Kusuma Pabba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Kusuma Pabba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: small doubt To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 1:44 PM hi when i have used ./catali.sh run Using CATALINA_BASE: /home/kusumap/Desktop/apache-tomcat-5.5.27 Using CATALINA_HOME: /home/kusumap/Desktop/apache-tomcat-5.5.27 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /home/kusumap/Desktop/apache-tomcat-5.5.27/temp Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/ 11 Sep, 2008 4:06:21 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester fatalError SEVERE: Parse Fatal Error at line 101 column 6: The string "--" is not permitted within comments. org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is not permitted within comments. at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.scanComment(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanComment(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1562) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:524) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:267) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432) 11 Sep, 2008 4:06:21 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load WARNING: Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is not permitted within comments. at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1562) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:524) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:267) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432) 11 Sep, 2008 4:06:21 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester fatalError SEVERE: Parse Fatal Error at line 101 column 6: The string "--" is not permitted within comments. org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is not permitted within comments. at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.scanComment(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanComment(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1562) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:544) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) 11 Sep, 2008 4:06:21 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load WARNING: Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is not permitted within comments. at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1562) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:544) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) 11 Sep, 2008 4:06:21 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 0 ms java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.await(Catalina.java:616) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:576) ... 6 more [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/kusumap/Desktop/apache-tomcat-5.5.27/bin# can some one help me in solving this please: thanks for any help The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. 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