Hi, If you downloaded the .tar.gz distro, make sure to use GNU tar to extract it.
Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: tyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 11:14 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Tomcat xml errors. > > >I'm having a problem starting up tomcat. > >I just downloaded Tomcat 5.0.19, and tried to execute the startup >script. > >When I did, I got the following error..... > ><snip> >INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL >file:/Users/tyler/Desktop/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/conf/Catalina/ >localhost/admin.xml >Mar 17, 2004 6:37:24 PM org.apache.commons.digester.Digester fatalError >SEVERE: Parse Fatal Error at line 1 column 3: The markup declarations >contained or pointed to by the document type declaration must be >well-formed. >org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The markup declarations contained or >pointed to by the document type declaration must be well-formed. > at >org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unkn o >wn Source) > at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown >Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown >Source) >..... ></snip> > >So, thinking it was a problem with the xml parser (since the documents >look to be ok) I tried it again, after removing the xerces jars so that >it would use whatever XML services were built into the system. Here's >the error I got that time.... > ><snip> >INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL >file:/Users/tyler/Desktop/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.19/conf/Catalina/ >localhost/admin.xml >Mar 17, 2004 6:31:07 PM org.apache.commons.digester.Digester fatalError >SEVERE: Parse Fatal Error at line 1 column -1: External parameter >entity "%[dtd];" has characters after markup. >org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: External parameter entity "%[dtd];" has >characters after markup. > at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.fatal(Parser2.java:3339) > at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.fatal(Parser2.java:3333) > at >org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.externalParameterEntity(Parser2.java: >3061) > at >org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.maybeDoctypeDecl(Parser2.java:1314) > at org.apache.crimson.parser.Parser2.parseInternal(Parser2.java:623) >...... ></snip> > >So, I'm wondering what's going on? > >Now for some background.... > >I'm running OS X, 10.3.3 with Java 1.4.2. I have had the same problem >from tomcat 3.x and most of >the tomcat 4.x, as well as all of the 5.x builds. Strangely, 4.0.6 >seems to work, but it's a little flaky and I want to upgrade to a more >recent version. > >This problem has been pervasive for a long time, since at least 10.3.0 >(for me) and java 1.4.1. > >A close variant (probably the exact same thing) prevents jboss from >working as well. I was never able to get a version of Jboss >to start up without trouble. > >I ran some google searches, but nothing useful came up. > >In addition, those files are both at the correct location, pointing my >webrowser at the given URL brings them up just fine. > > >Does someone know what is happening? Surely this has been reported >before. > > > >-Tyler >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
