This sounds like the correct behaviour to me.
It doesn't return to the bash prompt because it will output the STDERR
messages in this window.
Try to access http://localhost:8080/ to see if Tomcat is running.
Gilles
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane Douglas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:53 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: problems installing tomcat on linux
>
>
> hi gang!
>
> i sent this message yesterday and i didn't get any responses. therefore,
> i'm resending it.
>
> i'm a linux newbie, so please bear with me. i'm running red hat linux
> 6.2. i installed apache 1.3.19 and tested it, so i know that its
> working.
> tomcat 3.2.1 is giving me problems. i installed java 2se 1.3.1
> (and tested
> it, so i know it's working). i then un-tarred the tomcat tarball and set
> the environment variables from bash as follows:
>
> export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.3.1
> export TOMCAT_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat
>
> i then typed in the following (from bash) from the tomcat/bin directory:
> ./startup
> some messages appeared on the screen, then bash appeared to hang
> (it didn't
> return to the prompt after a few minutes). i didn't get a
> tomcat.log file
> so i can't figure out what went wrong. can someone please help me
> troubleshoot this madness?
>
> tia
>
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