problem running tomcat -- a newbie's question

[Xiaofeng Chen]

I have a tomcat 3.1 installed on Red Hat 6.1. When I try to start tomcat, I got "Address already in use" and java IOException. The following are the output from execute the startup.sh. Please help, thanks.   Guessing TOMCAT_HOME from tomcat.sh to ./.. Setting TOMCAT_HOME to ./.. Using classpath: .:./../lib/ant.jar:./../lib/jasper.jar:./../lib/servlet.jar:./../lib/tes t:./../lib/webserver.jar:./../lib/xml.jar [root@swdev3 bin]# Context log: path="/examples" Adding context path="/examples"  docBase ="webapps/examples" Context log: path="" Adding context path=""  docBase="webapps/ROOT" Context log: path="/test" Adding context path="/test"  docBase="webapps/test" Starting tomcat. Check logs/tomcat.log for error messages Starting tomcat install="./.." home="/export/jakarta-tomcat/bin/./.." classPath=".:./../l ib/ant.jar:./../lib/jasper.jar:./../lib/servlet.jar:./../lib/test:./../lib/webserver.jar: ./../lib/xml.jar:/usr/share/kaffe/Klasses.jar:/usr/share/kaffe/comm.jar:/usr/share/kaffe/ pjava.jar:/usr/share/kaffe/servlet.jar:/usr/share/kaffe/pizza.jar" Context log: path="/admin" Automatic context load docBase="/export/jakarta-tomcat/bin/./. ./webapps/admin" Context log: path="/admin" Adding context path="/admin"  docBase="/export/jakarta-tomcat/ bin/./../webapps/admin" FATAL:java.io.IOException: Address already in use java.io.IOException: Address already in use         at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:42)         at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:53)         at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:30)         at org.apache.tomcat.net.DefaultServerSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultServerSoc ketFactory.java:97)         at org.apache.tomcat.service.SimpleTcpEndpoint.startEndpoint(SimpleTcpEndpoint.ja va: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)   ------------- Xiaofeng Chen Software Development Engineer/Analyst Interactive Media Group, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications 1800 N. 33rd, Lincoln, NE68583 (402) - 472-9333, ext. 569(voice); (402) - 472-3815(fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]