I had the same problem, also did downgrade.

Aldrey Galindo

2010/8/10 Alasdair Gow <[email protected]>

>  Hi All,
>
>
>
> We updated Tomcat5 and a kernel on a server and rebooted, at which point
> tomcat refused to work correctly.
>
>
>
> Catalina.out showed this.
>
>
>
> 06-Aug-2010 16:24:55 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init
> INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
> 06-Aug-2010 16:24:55 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
> INFO: Initialization processed in 600 ms
> 06-Aug-2010 16:24:55 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
> INFO: Starting service Catalina
> 06-Aug-2010 16:24:55 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
> INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.23
> 06-Aug-2010 16:24:55 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start
> INFO: XML validation disabled
> 06-Aug-2010 16:24:55 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
> SEVERE: Catalina.start:
> LifecycleException:  Error initializaing :  java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3986)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:448)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700)
>         at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552)
>         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)
> 06-Aug-2010 16:24:55 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
> INFO: Server startup in 102 ms
>
>
>
> Moving the webapps out the way in case of a code issue and restarting
> provided the same result.
>
>
>
> Downgrading to tomcat5 - 5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2.i386 and restarting tomcat
> restored service, but it looks like a problem with that release fo me at
> least.
>
>
>
> Any ideas on how to fix? I’ve not seen any other complaints re this so I
> don’t think it is widespread.
>
>
>
> I have a case open with RedHat but it is progressing slowly L
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Alasdair
>
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