To find out what's going on, I created an even simpler project: All the struts 1.1 jars, tlds and dtds A simple index.jsp with NO struts related tags or taglib directives. An ActionServlet set to load on startup.
The same failure as reported under "problems with <html:base/>" happens, that shows the failure is not related to the jsp file that contained the <html:base/> tag in my other project, but to the initial loading of the ActionServlet. I realized I hadn't run a struts 1.1 in this tomcat instance before, only the struts 1.0 "logon" application from the manning/husted struts book. Is there a problem with using Tomcat 3.23 and Struts 1.1 ? Otherwise, the only possible explanation could be missing items in the web.xml or struts-config.xml This is what the app currently look like: /index.jsp /META-INF/ /META-INF/MANIFEST.MF /WEB-INF/ /WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld /WEB-INF/struts-html.tld /WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld /WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld /WEB-INF/struts-template.tld /WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld /WEB-INF/struts-config_1_0.dtd /WEB-INF/struts-config_1_1.dtd /WEB-INF/tiles-config.dtd /WEB-INF/tiles-config_1_1.dtd /WEB-INF/validation_1_1.dtd /WEB-INF/validator-rules_1_1.dtd /WEB-INF/web-app_2_2.dtd /WEB-INF/web-app_2_3.dtd /WEB-INF/web.xml /WEB-INF/struts-config.xml /WEB-INF/classes/ /WEB-INF/lib/ /WEB-INF/lib/commons-beanutils.jar /WEB-INF/lib/commons-collections.jar /WEB-INF/lib/commons-digester.jar /WEB-INF/lib/commons-fileupload.jar /WEB-INF/lib/commons-lang.jar /WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging.jar /WEB-INF/lib/commons-validator.jar /WEB-INF/lib/jakarta-oro.jar /WEB-INF/lib/struts-legacy.jar /WEB-INF/lib/struts.jar ********** web.xml ********************************************** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN" "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd"> <web-app> <!-- Standard Action Servlet Configuration (with debugging) --> <servlet> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>config</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>action</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/do/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <!-- The Usual Welcome File List --> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> <!-- Struts Tag Library Descriptors --> <taglib> <taglib-uri>/tags/struts-html</taglib-uri> <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location> </taglib> </web-app> ****** struts-config.xml ***************************************** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.1//EN" "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_1.dtd"> <struts-config> <form-beans> </form-beans> <global-forwards> </global-forwards> <action-mappings> </action-mappings> </struts-config> There must be a really simple reason for the failure, as there's really no application code my test app. any pointers much appreciated. Lukas -- +++ NEU bei GMX und erstmalig in Deutschland: T�V-gepr�fter Virenschutz +++ 100% Virenerkennung nach Wildlist. Infos: http://www.gmx.net/virenschutz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

