Unfortunately, when you run the bat file, it opens another terminal window,
that closes when tomcat exits. And since it doesn't start up all the way,
there aren't even any log files to check.
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: Installation woes
> Open a terminal window yourself first, then run
> %CATALINA_HOME%/bin/startup.bat. Now you should be able to see the error
> message without the window disappearing on you. Also, make sure the
> JAVA_HOME points to the top level directory of your JDK ("C:\jdk1.3"
> instead of "C:\jdk1.3\bin" for instance).
>
> Also, I don't know if things have changed with the more recent versions,
> but I seem to remember there being problems with the installations in
> previous versions, and it was generally recommended to just download the
> binary release (sufficient unless you want to take a look at and/or tweak
> the source code), unzip, and set the environment variables. You could
> always give that a try to see if things work better.
>
> HTH,
> -Jeff
>
>
>
>
>
> "Nathan McMinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 01/08/03 04:22 PM
> Please respond to "Tomcat Users List"
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>
> I added it, and it appears to be using the correct jdk. However, now the
> damn thing won't start. And it closes the terminal window before I can
> retreive the error message.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tam, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 4:13 PM
> Subject: RE: Installation woes
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>
> > Nathan,
> >
> > Adding JAVA_HOME as environment variable under Sys. Properties should
> > work. Where did you add your JAVA_HOME variable i.e. as User variable
> or
> > System variable?? It should be under System Variable. I am running XP
> Home
> > on my notebook and it works for me.
> >
> > Hope this help.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan McMinn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 1:50 PM
> > To: Tomcat Users List
> > Subject: Re: Installation woes
> >
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Here's the kicker, running SET from the command line (win xp)
> doesn't
> > list JAVA_HOME as an existing env var, neither does sys properties ->
> > advanced -> environment variables. Is there somewhere else to look for
> it?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Turner, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:41 PM
> > Subject: RE: Installation woes
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Change the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the JDK you want
> to
> > > use.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Nathan McMinn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 4:39 PM
> > > > To: Tomcat Users List
> > > > Subject: Installation woes
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > When installing Tomcat 4.1.18, during the installation, it
> > > > autodetects the
> > > > jdk install location. Is there any way to override this? If
> > > > not, how do
> > > > you change the jdk that tomcat uses? It is automatically
> > > > using an older jdk
> > > > that Jbuilder installed, and I don't want it to use this one.
> > > >
> > > > --Nathan McMinn
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