You have an error in your server.xml which is causing Tomcat to not load the context(s). Here is the pertinent snip form your post:
> Parse Fatal Error at line 307 column 39: The string "--" > is > not permitted within comments. <org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string > "--" > is not permitted within comments.> Go to line 307 of the server.xml file and look for a comment that does not have the opening '<' or something like that. HTH, Ben On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 10:19, Carlos Alberto Pelaez Ayala wrote: > Dear Mark, thank?s for your help. Let me to say what is my problem. I have > installed Tomcat 4.1.12 in Solaris 8 SPARC. I don?t use the binary. I use > the source code and build my tomcat with ant and all libraries. Ok, i look > the page http://localhost:8080 and my tomcat work?s fine. But when i try to > see the examples (JSP examples, Servlet examples, and the administrator > (/admin)) appear this message: > > HTTP Status 404 - /examples/jsp/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > type Status report > > message /examples/jsp/ > > description The requested resource (/examples/jsp/) is not available. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Apache Tomcat/4.1.12 > > in my directory logs, appear differents files and tells: > > localhost_log.txt tells: > > 2002-12-07 10:51:03 StandardHost[localhost]: Removing web application at > context path /examples > 2002-12-07 10:51:03 StandardHost[localhost]: ContainerBase.removeChild: > stop: > LifecycleException: Container StandardContext[/examples] has not been > started > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop > (StandardContext.java:3569) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.removeChild > (ContainerBase.java:1036) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.remove > (StandardHostDeployer.java:420) > > > localhost_examples_logs.txt Tells: > > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 ContextConfig[/examples]: Marking this application > unavailable due to previous error(s) > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardManager[/examples]: Seeding random number > generator > class java.security.SecureRandom > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardManager[/examples]: Seeding of random number > generator has been completed > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardContext[/examples]: Context startup failed due > to > previous errors > > > > localhost_admin_log.txt Tells:2002-12-07 11:47:30 ContextConfig[/admin]: > Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s) > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardManager[/admin]: Seeding random number generator > class java.security.SecureRandom > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardManager[/admin]: Seeding of random number > generator > has been completed > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardContext[/admin]: Context startup failed due to > previous errors > > > and catalina.out Tells: > > Starting service Tomcat-Standalone > Apache Tomcat/4.1.12 > org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is not permitted within > comments. > at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.scanComment(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanComment(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDecls(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDTDExternalSubset > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$DTDDispatcher.dispatch > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1514) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScanStream > (ContextConfig.java:977) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScanTld > (ContextConfig.java:1006) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScan > (ContextConfig.java:870) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start > (ContextConfig.java:647) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent > (ContextConfig.java:243) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent > (LifecycleSupport.java:166) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start > (StandardContext.java:3493) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:738) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start > (StandardEngine.java:347) > Parse Fatal Error at line 307 column 39: The string "--" > is > not permitted within comments. <org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string > "--" > is not permitted within comments.> at >org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start > (StandardService.java:497) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start > (StandardServer.java:2189) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:510) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) > [ERROR] Digester - -Parse Fatal Error at line 307 column 39: The string "--" > is > not permitted within comments. <org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string > "--" > is not permitted within comments.> > org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is not permitted within > comments. > at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.scanComment(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanComment(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDecls(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDTDExternalSubset > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$DTDDispatcher.dispatch > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1514) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScanStream > (ContextConfig.java:977) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScanTld > (ContextConfig.java:1006) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScan > (ContextConfig.java:870) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start > (ContextConfig.java:647) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent > (ContextConfig.java:243) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent > (LifecycleSupport.java:166) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start > (StandardContext.java:3493) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal > (ContainerBase.java:821) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild > (ContainerBase.java:807) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:579) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.addChild > (StandardHostDeployer.java:529) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > at org.apache.commons.beanutils.MethodUtils.invokeMethod > (MethodUtils.java:250) > at org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule.end(SetNextRule.java:260) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1036) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown > Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement > (Unknown Source) > at > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatc > her. > dispatch(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument > (Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1514) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer.install > (StandardHostDeployer.java:335) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.install(StandardHost.java:803) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors > (HostConfig.java:452) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps > (HostConfig.java:409) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:879) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent > (HostConfig.java:368) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent > (LifecycleSupport.java:166) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1196) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:738) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start > (StandardEngine.java:347) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start > (StandardService.java:497) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start > (StandardServer.java:2189) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:510) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) > [ERROR] Digester - -Parse Fatal Error at line 307 column 39: The string "--" > is > not permitted within comments. <org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string > "--" > is not permitted within comments.> > [INFO] Http11Protocol - -Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on port 8080 > [INFO] ChannelSocket - -JK2: ajp13 listening on tcp port 8009 > [INFO] JkMain - -Jk running ID=0 time=1/141 > config=/www2/websev/uportal/tomcat/dist/conf/jk2.properties > > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Mark Eggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Enviado el: lunes, 09 de diciembre de 2002 18:26 > Para: Tomcat Users List > Asunto: Tomcat examples - reply to Carlos > > > Carlos, > > My Spanish is nonexistent, so I hope I understand your > problem. > > It appears that you are using Tomcat 4.1.12 with jdk > 1.4.x. There is a different version of Tomcat 4.1.12 > for jdk 1.3 and jdk 1.4. You will want to download > the following file and install it (assuming you're on > UNIX). > > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.1.12/bin/jaka > rta-tomcat-4.1.12-LE-jdk14.tar.gz > > > or > > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.1.12/bin/jaka > rta-tomcat-4.1.12-LE-jdk14.exe > > for Windows. > > There are also some jar files you need to put in the > <installation>/$TOMCAT_HOME/commons/endorsed. These > jar files are: > > xercesImpl.jar > xmlParserAPIs.jar > > If I've completely missed your question, I apologize. > > /mde/ > > just my two cents . . . . > > --- Carlos_Alberto_Pelaez_Ayala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Gracias por tu ayuda alexander, eres muy amable. > > Haber te comento. Lo que sucede es que instali el > > Tomcat 4.1.12 y al parecer > > esta corriendo, pero creo que hay algunas fallas. > > Como te digo, cuando abro la pagina > > http://localhost:8080, esta aparece > > correctamente. En la parte inferior izquierda de esa > > pagina hay unos enlaces > > que referencian a los ejemplos, que estan en la > > carpeta > > /directorio_de_instalacisn/tomcat/webapps/examples. > > Supuestamente estos > > ejemplos ya deberman estar corriendo, pero no es > > asm. > > Aparecen estos errores: > > > > HTTP Status 404 - /examples/jsp/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > > type Status report > > > > message /examples/jsp/ > > > > description The requested resource (/examples/jsp/) > > is not available. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > > Apache Tomcat/4.1.12 > > > > > > Ademas de esto, aparecen unos logs que muestran > > estos errores: > > > > > > localhost_examples_logs.txt Tells: > > > > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 ContextConfig[/examples]: > > Marking this application > > unavailable due to previous error(s) > > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardManager[/examples]: > > Seeding random number > > generator > > class java.security.SecureRandom > > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardManager[/examples]: > > Seeding of random number > > generator has been completed > > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardContext[/examples]: > > Context startup failed due > > to > > previous errors > > > > > > > > localhost_admin_log.txt Tells:2002-12-07 11:47:30 > > ContextConfig[/admin]: > > Marking this application unavailable due to previous > > error(s) > > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardManager[/admin]: Seeding > > random number generator > > class java.security.SecureRandom > > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardManager[/admin]: Seeding > > of random number > > generator > > has been completed > > 2002-12-07 11:47:30 StandardContext[/admin]: Context > > startup failed due to > > previous errors > > > > > > and catalina.out Tells: > > > > Starting service Tomcat-Standalone > > Apache Tomcat/4.1.12 > > org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is > > not permitted within > > comments. > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException > > (Unknown Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.scanComment(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanComment(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDecls(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDTDExternalSubset > > (Unknown Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$DTDDispatcher.dispatch > > (Unknown Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument > > (Unknown Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.parsers.DTDConfiguration.parse(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1514) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScanStream > > (ContextConfig.java:977) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScanTld > > (ContextConfig.java:1006) > > at > > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.tldScan > > (ContextConfig.java:870) > > at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.start > > (ContextConfig.java:647) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent > > (ContextConfig.java:243) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent > > (LifecycleSupport.java:166) > > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start > > (StandardContext.java:3493) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:738) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1188) > > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start > > (StandardEngine.java:347) > > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start > > (StandardService.java:497) > > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start > > (StandardServer.java:2189) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:510) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180) > > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) > > at > > > org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203) > > [ERROR] Digester - -Parse Fatal Error at line 307 > > column 39: The string "--" > > is > > not permitted within comments. > > <org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string > > "--" > > is not permitted within comments.> > > org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The string "--" is > > not permitted within > > comments. > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException > > (Unknown Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.scanComment(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanComment(Unknown > > Source) > > at > > > org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.scanDecls(Unknown > > Source) > > > > > > Thank?s for try to help me, and i hope that you can found my problem. > > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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