Thanks for the reply. When trying http://localhost:8080/dstest.jsp, I get the following result:
\******** HTTP Status 404 - /dstest.jsp type Status report message /dstest.jsp description The requested resource (/dstest.jsp) is not available. Apache Tomcat/5.5.9 \******** I am experiencing a weird warning message wenn stoping or starting my MySQL server, it is the following: (I did not had this warning before setting up Roller) warning: World-writable config file /etc/mysql/my.cnf is ignored Do you think, the problem with running Roller could be related to the MySQL warning? I mean, could it be that the new created user account and password in roller.xml are interfering with the ones of MySQL? Thanks, Ashraf On 8/10/05, Dave Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please try the page http://localhost:8080/dstest.jsp and report back > what it tells you. > > (It will verify that your database connection is setup properly.) > > - Dave > > > On Aug 10, 2005, at 12:10 PM, Ashraf Yassin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for this great piece of work. I accidently ran across Roller > > today and I am glad I did! Then I wanted a Wiki that supports among > > others databases, I am aiming to build a reference manager in the wiki > > for my thesis project. > > Up until now I have been using JSPWiki and am familiar with what is > > needed to get it up and running. > > I have a problem with getting Roller running though, I suspect it is > > caused wenn connecting to MySQL. My system is Debian, I use Tomcat > > 5.5.9 and JDk 1.5 and the Connector/J works too. > > I followed pretty much the exact steps from the Roller's > > InstallationGuide, unfortunately though I got an Unexpected Exception > > when calling //localhost:8080/roller. > > > > The following is a long text of the kind and the details of the > > exception I am getting. I am posting it with the hope, some one would > > be able to recognize the error and tell me what went wrong with the > > configuration: > > > > > > \Exception details start *** > > > > Unexpected Exception > > Roller has encountered and logged an unexpected exception. > > > > null > > > > Reason: 500 > > > > javax.servlet.jsp.JspException: Exception; > > TEMPLATE_CLASSPATH=3D/menu-tabbed.vm; > > exception=3Dorg.roller.RollerException > > =09at > > org.roller.presentation.tags.VelocityTag.doEndTag(VelocityTag.java:10= > > 1) > > =09at > > org.roller.presentation.tags.HybridTag.doEndTag(HybridTag.java:64) > > =09at > > org.apache.jsp.main_jsp._jspx_meth_roller_Menu_0(org.apache.jsp.main_= > > jsp:573) > > =09at org.apache.jsp.main_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.main_jsp:186) > > =09at > > org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97) > > =09at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > > =09at > > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper= > > .java:322) > > =09at > > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:2= > > 91) > > =09at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) > > =09at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl= > > icationFilterChain.java:252) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF= > > ilterChain.java:173) > > =09at > > org.roller.presentation.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.doFilter(Per= > > sistenceSessionFilter.java:54) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl= > > icationFilterChain.java:202) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF= > > ilterChain.java:173) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDisp= > > atcher.java:672) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(Applica= > > tionDispatcher.java:463) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationD= > > ispatcher.java:398) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDis= > > patcher.java:301) > > =09at > > org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.doForward(RequestProcessor.= > > java:1056) > > =09at > > org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processForwardConfig(Reques= > > tProcessor.java:388) > > =09at > > org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.ja= > > va:231) > > =09at > > org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:116= > > 4) > > =09at > > org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:397) > > =09at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) > > =09at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl= > > icationFilterChain.java:252) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF= > > ilterChain.java:173) > > =09at > > org.roller.presentation.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.doFilter(Per= > > sistenceSessionFilter.java:54) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl= > > icationFilterChain.java:202) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF= > > ilterChain.java:173) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDisp= > > atcher.java:672) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(Applica= > > tionDispatcher.java:463) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationD= > > ispatcher.java:398) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDis= > > patcher.java:301) > > =09at > > org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.j= > > ava:693) > > =09at > > org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.jav= > > a:660) > > =09at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.index_jsp:46) > > =09at > > org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97) > > =09at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > > =09at > > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper= > > .java:322) > > =09at > > org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:2= > > 91) > > =09at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) > > =09at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl= > > icationFilterChain.java:252) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF= > > ilterChain.java:173) > > =09at > > org.roller.presentation.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.doFilter(Per= > > sistenceSessionFilter.java:54) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(Appl= > > icationFilterChain.java:202) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationF= > > ilterChain.java:173) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperV= > > alve.java:213) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextV= > > alve.java:178) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(Authentica= > > torBase.java:407) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.j= > > ava:126) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.j= > > ava:105) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineVal= > > ve.java:107) > > =09at > > org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.jav= > > a:148) > > =09at > > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java= > > :856) > > =09at > > org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.proce= > > ssConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744) > > =09at > > org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpo= > > int.java:527) > > =09at > > org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFol= > > lowerWorkerThread.java:80) > > =09at > > org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadP= > > ool.java:684) > > =09at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) > > > > \Exception details end *** > > > > > > Thank you in advance for any advice or hint for fixing this and > > getting Roller running. > > > > Ashraf > > > >
