--- Gary Frick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been working day and night trying to get > Tomcat started and to get past the HTTP 500 error > when trying to invoke the JSP examples. I've been > combing the archives, but I'm not seeing any real > solutions. What must I do and where must I go to > get help? > > First it would be helpful to know what is going > on. When I try to start Tomcat I get the following > (See below. Only providing first few lines of > trace). When I try //localhost/examples I can > execute the servlets, but not the JSPs. On the JSPs > I always get HTTP Status 500 messages. I've > followed the recommendations to recheck the > classpaths and environment variables (JAVA_HOME and > TOMCAT_HOME), but this hasn't helped. For one thing > I don't understand why port 8080 is already in use. > How can I check? > > Thanks, > Gary > > Catalina.start: LifecycleException: null.open: > java.net.BindException: Address > already in use: JVM_Bind:8080 > LifecycleException: null.open: > java.net.BindException: Address already in use: > JVM_Bind:8080 > at > org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpConnector.initialize(HttpConne > ctor.java:1130) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardService.j > ava:454) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer.jav > a:553) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:780) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:681) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:179) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native > Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown > Source) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown > Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown > Source) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:243) > ----- Root Cause ----- > java.net.BindException: Address already in use: > JVM_Bind:8080 > at > org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpConnector.open(HttpConnector.j > ava:950) >
Are you using windows or *nix? Do you have another web server or other server program running on your box that might be listening on port 8080? Do you have a java compiler installed? JSPs require a compiler, not just the jre. ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hacking is a "Good Thing!" See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
