Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-28 Thread Nick Williams
never will. N -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2013 13:38 An: Tomcat Users List Betreff: Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows Giles wrote: On 27 February 2013 11:52, André Warnier a...@ice-sa.com wrote

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-28 Thread Mark Thomas
On 28/02/2013 07:38, Nick Williams wrote: On Feb 28, 2013, at 3:46 AM, Stadelmann Josef wrote: Where does CATALINA_HOME point to? Josef Rune reported yesterday that he solved the problem by resetting the registry values. There was some strange garbage in one of the registry values. I'd

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-28 Thread Nick Williams
On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: On 28/02/2013 07:38, Nick Williams wrote: On Feb 28, 2013, at 3:46 AM, Stadelmann Josef wrote: Where does CATALINA_HOME point to? Josef Rune reported yesterday that he solved the problem by resetting the registry values. There was some

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-28 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Nick Williams nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net wrote: On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: Maybe this: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54609 I stand corrected. That's probably it. Rune reported using 7.0.37, just like in the

RE: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-28 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Howard W. Smith, Jr. [mailto:smithh032...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows I just searched google for: windows registry tomcat ogs\commons and I saw the following (and more): Chapter 4 Using Object Grouping Services [1] [1] http://www.cisco.com/en/US

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-28 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Caldarale, Charles R chuck.caldar...@unisys.com wrote: From: Howard W. Smith, Jr. [mailto:smithh032...@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows I just searched google for: windows registry tomcat ogs\commons and I saw the following

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-28 Thread André Warnier
Howard W. Smith, Jr. wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Nick Williams nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net wrote: On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: Maybe this: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54609 I stand corrected. That's probably it. Rune reported using

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-28 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:01 PM, André Warnier a...@ice-sa.com wrote: Howard W. Smith, Jr. wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Nick Williams nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net wrote: On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: Maybe this:

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Rune Stilling
Hi again Thanks for your answers. I have given up. I have tried some of the suggestions: * Uninstall all JVM's and Tomcats (and reinstall) * Checked dependcies, yes there were two, that are also present on another machine running Tomcat7 (TCP/IP, ADF) * Tried to use client/jvm.dll instead of

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 6:37 AM, computer repair centre computer.support.cen...@googlemail.com wrote: Please can you provide the value of the JAVA_HOME environment variable? Excellent question. That question has been wondering in my mind since yesterday, since Rune stated following in 2

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread André Warnier
computer repair centre wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Rune Stilling s...@rdfined.dk wrote: Hi again Thanks for your answers. I have given up. I have tried some of the suggestions: * Uninstall all JVM's and Tomcats (and reinstall) * Checked dependcies, yes there were two, that are

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Giles
On 27 February 2013 11:52, André Warnier a...@ice-sa.com wrote: computer repair centre wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Rune Stilling s...@rdfined.dk wrote: Hi again Thanks for your answers. I have given up. I have tried some of the suggestions: * Uninstall all JVM's and Tomcats

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Rune Stilling
Ok - So I did: * uninstall Tomcat * only one jvm present on the system (64 bit) * setting CATALINA_HOME, JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME: CATALINA_HOME=C:\Progra~1\APACHE~1\TOMCAT~1.0 JAVA_HOME=C:\Progra~1\Java JRE_HOME=C:\Progra~1\Java\jre7 * restarting server * reinstalling Tomcat7 (using the service

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Rune Stilling s...@rdfined.dk wrote: Ok - So I did: CATALINA_HOME=C:\Progra~1\APACHE~1\TOMCAT~1.0 * reinstalling Tomcat7 (using the service installer, not the service.bat file, that I can't locate anyway) * checking Java Virtual Machine in Java tab in

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread André Warnier
Giles wrote: On 27 February 2013 11:52, André Warnier a...@ice-sa.com wrote: computer repair centre wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Rune Stilling s...@rdfined.dk wrote: Hi again Thanks for your answers. I have given up. I have tried some of the suggestions: * Uninstall all JVM's

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Howard W. Smith, Jr. smithh032...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Rune Stilling s...@rdfined.dk wrote: Ok - So I did: CATALINA_HOME=C:\Progra~1\APACHE~1\TOMCAT~1.0 * reinstalling Tomcat7 (using the service installer, not the service.bat

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Rune Stilling
As I wrote I'm using the service installer 32-bit/64-bit Windows Service Installer. This is an exe file and not a zip-archive. Regarding the paths - I have used windows short paths to avoid eventual troubles with spaces in path names. \Rune Den 27/02/2013 kl. 13.54 skrev Howard W. Smith, Jr.

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Rune Stilling
And BTW - I have several running Tomcat7-instances on other servers that run in Program Files-folders. \Rune Den 27/02/2013 kl. 13.54 skrev Howard W. Smith, Jr. smithh032...@gmail.com: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Howard W. Smith, Jr. smithh032...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 27,

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
As I wrote I'm using the service installer 32-bit/64-bit Windows Service Installer. This is an exe file and not a zip-archive. Regarding the paths - I have used windows short paths to avoid eventual troubles with spaces in path names. And BTW - I have several running Tomcat7-instances on

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread André Warnier
Rune Stilling wrote: Is there some registry key I could check related to the installation process? Call up the Registry Editor, and search for tomcat7. You should find essentially 2 places : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tomcat7 (under this one, you will find the

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Rune Stilling
Hi André Thanks for an excellent summary. There's one thing that I haven't been precise enough about I can see. I CANNOT run Tomcat via the RS-parameter: Tomcat7.exe //RS/Tomcat7 If I try the log produces the following: [2013-02-27 14:33:55] [info] [548184] Commons Daemon procrun (1.0.13.0

RE: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Harris, Jeffrey E.
-Original Message- From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:20 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows Rune Stilling wrote: Is there some registry key I could check related to the installation process

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Rune Stilling
Problem solved!! Ah finally :) I did as you suggested below and it didn't help, but then I looked a bit on the registry values. I found that the ImagePath key looked a bit strange. It contained the following value: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\bin\Tomcat7.exe

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Nick Williams
On Feb 27, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Rune Stilling wrote: Hi André Thanks for an excellent summary. There's one thing that I haven't been precise enough about I can see. I CANNOT run Tomcat via the RS-parameter: Tomcat7.exe //RS/Tomcat7 If I try the log produces the following:

RE: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
From: Rune Stilling [mailto:s...@rdfined.dk] Subject: Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows Hi André Stop top-posting. Be considerate of others. I have duplicated the service not starting problem on my Windows 7 box; it's looking like a procrun parameter parsing problem, but I'm still

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-27 Thread Rune Stilling
I've encountered and solved hundreds of Tomcat-as-a-Windows-Service problems before, but I have never seen Tomcat not log anything. If you don't mind, could you run Tomcat7w.exe, screenshot each tab (Alt + Print Screen gets a screenshot for just the window instead of the whole thing), put

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-26 Thread Howard W. Smith, Jr.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Rune Stilling s...@rdfined.dk wrote: Hi list I have been trying to get this to work by looking a lot on similar situations around the net but nothing works. My setup is as follows: * Tomcat 7.0.37 installed via the Windows service installer package *

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-26 Thread André Warnier
Rune Stilling wrote: Hi list I have been trying to get this to work by looking a lot on similar situations around the net but nothing works. My setup is as follows: * Tomcat 7.0.37 installed via the Windows service installer package * Windows 2003 server * Java/JRE 1.7.0_15 * Using C:\Program

Re: Tomcat 7 doesn't start on Windows

2013-02-26 Thread Terence M. Bandoian
On 2/26/2013 6:04 AM, Rune Stilling wrote: Hi list I have been trying to get this to work by looking a lot on similar situations around the net but nothing works. My setup is as follows: * Tomcat 7.0.37 installed via the Windows service installer package * Windows 2003 server * Java/JRE