You may wish to consider Tomcat 4 or 5, which implement more recent versions of the Servlet and JSP specs (with all their new features). However, what is causing this odd problem with Tomcat 3.3.2 could also cause problems for Tomcat 4 and 5 as well.
What is the contents of the jre\lib\ext directory of the JDK you are using with Tomcat 3.3.2? Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: Donald Brewer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 3:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tomcat 3 will not load on Windows 98 > > > I am trying to load tomcat 3 on a windows 98 platform. > I have been sitting in this chair for two days now!!! It just > will not load. > I generated all this by putting >>hold.txt at the end of the > run command in the tomcat.bat file. The DOS windows scroll by > and leave me with nothing to look at. > > ERROR reading C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2\conf\server.xml > At Line 241 /Server/ContextManager/CoyoteConnector/ port=8080 > maxThreads=150 minSpareThreads=25 maxSpareThreads=75 > enableLookups=false acceptCount=100 debug=0 > connectionTimeout=20000 disableUploadTimeout=true > > EmbededTomcat: exception initializing ContextManager > Guessed home=C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2 > Exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException > Root Exception: org.apache.tomcat.core.TomcatException: > EmbededTomcat.initContextManager > > > When I comment out the Coyote Connector lines in > conf/server.xml, the next connector down has a problem: > > ERROR reading C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2\conf\server.xml > At Line 287 /Server/ContextManager/Ajp12Connector/ port=8007 > > EmbededTomcat: exception initializing ContextManager > Guessed home=C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2 > Exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException > Root Exception: org.apache.tomcat.core.TomcatException: > EmbededTomcat.initContextManager > > When I comment out the Ajp12 lines, this is the output: > > ERROR reading C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2\conf\server.xml > At Line 312 /Server/ContextManager/CoyoteConnector/ > processorClassName=org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler port=8009 > > EmbededTomcat: exception initializing ContextManager > Guessed home=C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2 > Exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException > Root Exception: org.apache.tomcat.core.TomcatException: > EmbededTomcat.initContextManager > > > With those lines commented out of the xml doc, i get this in > the main dos window: > > C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2\bin>call ".\tomcat" run > 2004-07-15 15:30:55 - ServerXmlReader: > Config=$TOMCAT_HOME\conf\server.xml > 2004-07-15 15:30:55 - PathSetter: home=C:\jakarta-tomcat-3.3.2 > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - ContextXmlReader: Context > config=$TOMCAT_HOME\conf\apps-127.0.0.1.xml > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - ContextXmlReader: Context > config=$TOMCAT_HOME\conf\apps-admin.xml > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - ContextXmlReader: Context > config=$TOMCAT_HOME\conf\apps-examples.xml > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - AutoWebApp: Auto-Adding DEFAULT:/ > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - AutoWebApp: Loaded from config: DEFAULT:/admin > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - AutoWebApp: Loaded from config: > DEFAULT:/examples > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - ContextManager: Tomcat configured and > in stable state > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - ContextManager: Adding DEFAULT:/admin > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - ContextManager: Adding DEFAULT:/examples > 2004-07-15 15:30:56 - ContextManager: Adding DEFAULT:/ROOT > > but it hangs right there. My process analyser does not see > anything but the java window, http://localhost:8080/ is not available > > > Got any ideas? I need Tomcat to study JSP for the next round > of interviews. I am an out-of-work programmer. HELP ME PLEASE. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]