This usually happens when tomcat's default port (8080) is already in use.
A simple check would be to point your browser to "http://localhost:8080"; and
see if you have another http service running on that port.
If not, it could be that some other service is using that port.
Gautam
-----Original Message-----
From: Sampath K Settipalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:36 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: starting tomcat 3.2.3
Hi ,
I downloaded tomcat 3.2.3. When I try to start it it displays below
messages and then the error messages. It's on sun solaris. Why am I
getting this error and how can I overcome this.
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2001-07-20 09:58:57 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /examples )
Starting tomcat. Check logs/tomcat.log for error messages
2001-07-20 09:58:57 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /admin )
2001-07-20 09:58:57 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( )
2001-07-20 09:58:57 - ContextManager: Adding context Ctx( /test )
FATAL:java.net.BindException: Address already in use
java.net.BindException: Address already in use
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:390)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:173)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:124)
at
org.apache.tomcat.net.DefaultServerSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultServerS
ocketFactory.java:97)
at
org.apache.tomcat.service.PoolTcpEndpoint.startEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java
:239)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.PoolTcpConnector.start(Compiled
Code)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.start(Compiled Code)
at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.execute(Tomcat.java:202)
at org.apache.tomcat.startup.Tomcat.main(Tomcat.java:235)
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Thanks in Advance,
Sam
