The likely problem areas were: .cshrc .login server.xml setclasspath.sh
I reinstalled the tomcat and modified these files to get the JSP working in browsers. What was exactly wrong isn't known to me yet. Thanks for your help David and Ritesh. Saket --- Ritesh Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > If you are getting a NullPointer ... I guess the JDK > is found. > > > I keep getting > >various error messages, ranging from > ClassFormatError > >to NullPointerException whenever I try to view a > JSP > >file. > > You need to check your JSPs again and do some > debugging. The NullPointer > maybe caused by the sequence in which you call the > JSPs. ClassFormat may be > caused by the helper classes used in your JSPs. > > Regards, > Ritesh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karr, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:53 AM > Subject: Re: Viewing JSP file > > > This might happen if you only provided a JRE to run > with, and not a JDK. > It needs to get to the Java compiler. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Saket Barve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 2:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Viewing JSP file > > I am using tomcat 4.1.12. The installation is done > correctly. I am able to view .html pages on the web > browser without any problem. > > However, JSP pages just don't show up. I keep > getting > various error messages, ranging from > ClassFormatError > to NullPointerException whenever I try to view a JSP > file. The JSP files are known to be free from error > of > any sort. > > Any feedback will be highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Saket > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > ======================================================================== > === > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: > "set JSP-INTEREST > DIGEST". > > Some relevant archives, FAQs and Forums on JSPs can > be found at: > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://forums.java.sun.com > http://www.jspinsider.com > > ==========================================================================To > unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: > "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: > "set JSP-INTEREST > DIGEST". > > Some relevant archives, FAQs and Forums on JSPs can > be found at: > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://forums.java.sun.com > http://www.jspinsider.com > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: > "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > > Some relevant archives, FAQs and Forums on JSPs can > be found at: > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://forums.java.sun.com > http://www.jspinsider.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant archives, FAQs and Forums on JSPs can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://forums.java.sun.com http://www.jspinsider.com