Problem starting Tomcat

[Kok Fong]

Dear all,   I am quite new to Tomcat and decided to try out Tomcat recently.  I downloaded the release build and got built tomcat according to the recomended scripts in the readme file. However after building tomcat when I tried to start up tomcat I get the error at the end of this email.  I tried to change the port number however it didn't work as well.   I hope that I am not asking a obvious question because I have tried changing the port number and probing around the server.xml file.  And still I couldn't find anything at all.   Hope you guys can help me.   Best Regards,   Kok Fong   <JASPER_LOG> Thu Nov 09 16:51:16 CST 2000 The scratchDir you specified: /home/ja mmer/jakarta_home/build/tomcat/work/localhost_8080%2Ftest is unusable.</JASPER_L OG> Context log path="/test" :default: init Context log path="" :tomcat.errorPage: init Context log path="" :jsp: init <JASPER_LOG> Thu Nov 09 16:51:16 CST 2000 The scratchDir you specified: /home/ja mmer/jakarta_home/build/tomcat/work/localhost_8080 is unusable.</JASPER_LOG> FATAL:java.net.BindException: Address already in use java.net.BindException: Address already in use         at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)         at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:386)         at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:169)         at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:120)         at org.apache.tomcat.net.DefaultServerSocketFactory.createSocket(Default ServerSocketFactory.java:97)         at org.apache.tomcat.service.SimpleTcpEndpoint.startEndpoint(SimpleTcpEn dpoint.java:186)         at org.apache.tomcat.service.SimpleTcpConnector.start(SimpleTcpConnector .java:142)         at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.start(ContextManager.java:253)         at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.execute(Tomcat.java:157)         at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.main(Tomcat.java:163)    Kok Fong Asiaship.Com Pte Ltd 491B Rivervalley Road #14-03 Valley Point Singapore 248373   Tel: 65 7689829 Fax: 65 8875608   www.asiaship.com