Thank you all for your help. Once I downloaded the "release" version of Tomcat, everything worked.
I was using one of the nightly-builds, previously, when I was having problems. *could be* that I also learned from mistakes, and finally got environmental variables etc correct after fiddling with things for a bit. Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Yee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Frank Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:45 PM Subject: Re: localhost:8080 "not found" > Frank, > my startup window ends with these lines: > Starting service Tomcat-Apache > Apache Tomcat/4.0.1 > > Did you download your binary installation from > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0.3/bin/ > > I am using the 1.3 JDK. I think there is a separate version for 1.4 JDK. > > -Richard > > At 10:51 PM 3/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Richard: > > > >Thank you very much for your support. > > > >There are no files in the log directory. > > > >The output of the startup window is: > >Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\JAKARTA-TOMCAT-4.0\ > >Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\JAKARTA-TOMCAT-4.0\ > >Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: C:\JAKARTA-TOMCAT-4.0\\temp > >Using JAVA_HOME: c:\j2sdk1.4.0\ > > > > > >Frank > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Richard Yee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Frank Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:40 PM > >Subject: Re: localhost:8080 "not found" > > > > > > > Frank, > > > Check the Tomcat logs. I think they are in the logs directory. Also look > > > for any error messages in the Tomcat startup window. Let me know what you > > > find. > > > > > > -Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:03 PM 3/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Thanks Richard. > > > > > > > >I tried 127.0.0.1:8080 and tried, also my ip address xx.xx.xx.xx:8080 to > >no > > > >avail. > > > > > > > >Some more details: > > > >- my platform is Windows 2000 Professional > > > >- my internet connection is Broadband Roadrunner > > > >- my ip address is DHCP served by Roadrunner, DNS also served by RR > > > >- tried both IE and Netscape browsers > > > >- tried setting port to 6969 instead of 8080 in conf/server.xml, no > >change, > > > >still "Page Cannot Be Displayed" > > > > > > > >Frank > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Richard Yee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >To: "Frank Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:23 PM > > > >Subject: Re: localhost:8080 "not found" > > > > > > > > > > > > > try 127.0.0.1:8080 instead. The browser might be trying to do a DNS > > > >lookup > > > > > for 'localhost'. localhost would probably work if you weren't > >connected > > > >to > > > > > the Internet. > > > > > > > > > > -Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 09:14 PM 3/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > >I am following the instructions for installing Tomcat, stand-alone, > >and > > > > > >cannot get past the localhost:8080 hurdle. > > > > > > > > > > > >- Windows 2000 > > > > > >- Tomcat 4.0, most recent binary > > > > > >- j2sdk 1.4.0 > > > > > > > > > > > >The instructions say "there are only really 3 things that can go > >wrong > > > > > >during the stand-alone Tomcat 4.0 install" but none of the following > > > > > >appear to be my gremlin: > > > > > >1. I do not have another web server on port 8080 > > > > > >2. I am not getting "out of environment space" error > > > > > >3. I am not going through a proxy > > > > > > > > > > > >Any of you expert-folk have any suggestions for me to try? > > > > > > > > > > > >Thank you, > > > > > > > > > > > >Frank > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________________ > > > >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > >body > > > >of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > > > > > > >Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > > > >Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > > > >LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
