I don't think that is the problem. The startup script has no problem reading JAVA_HOME or CATALINA_HOME. It is only after bootstrap.jar is executed and the server.xml file is read that the problem occurs. It is almost like the classloader that is being used cannot see catalina.jar in /server/lib. Is there any way to determine what classpaths are available to the classloader at that point?
-------------------------------------------- Nathan McMinn Application Developer NequalsOne - HealthCare marketing tools mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.NequalsOne.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Giorgio Franceschetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:42 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Tomcat won't start > > > I have had a similar problema, but on win XP. The problem was > due to the > fact that I had set the JAVA_HOME and the CATALINA_HOME as session > variable and not like system ones. > Don't know if this is the case, but.... > Good luck! > Giorgio > > Nathan Mcminn wrote: > > >The problem posted below appears to be caused by Tomcat not > being able > >to find catalina.jar. This file should be (and is) located in > >catalina_home/server/lib. Anybody know why Tomcat would > have problems > >finding it? > > > > > > > > > >>One of our servers running Tomcat as started experiencing an > >>odd problem. Tomcat will not start, it is complaining about > >>not being able to find some classes. The problem started > >>shortly after applying some updates using YAST. The > >>exception it throws is shown below. We are running Tomcat > >>4.1.24 on JDK 1.4.1-b21 on SUSE 8. We have another server > >>with a very similar config that works perfectly (only > >>difference is the distribution it runs on, RH vs SUSE) I > >>have checked CATALINA_HOME and JAVA_HOME and they both point > >>to the correct locations. I modified catalina.sh to display > >>the CLASSPATH it uses when starting catalina and included it > >>as well. There are a couple references to this problem in > >>the mailing list archives, but it was never answered. > >> > >>JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java > >>CATALINA_HOME=/opt/jakarta > >>CLASSPATH=/usr/lib/java/lib/tools.jar:/opt/jakarta/bin/bootstrap.jar > >> > >>Any ideas? > >> > >>ERROR reading /opt/jakarta/conf/server.xml > >>At Line 5 /Server/Listener/ > >>className=org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener debug=0 > >> > >>Catalina.start: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > >>org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener > >>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > >>org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener > >> > >>-------------------------------------------- > >>Nathan McMinn > >>Application Developer > >>NequalsOne - HealthCare marketing tools > >>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.NequalsOne.com > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
