This was resolved offline.  The issue was that TBC 3.2 is not
compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.x.  Snow Leopard (10.6.x) is required
because 10.5.x does not support Java 6.  Composer 3.1 installations
will work with Mac 10.5.x.

-- Scott

On Dec 1, 8:55 am, Kevin Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here is the link to the file I have been downloading:
>
> http://www.topquadrant.com/products/download/3.2.1/tbcme-macosx.cocoa...
>
> This is the Mac OS X 32-bit edition.  I have downloaded and unzipped
> it twice, to 2 different folders, and have not been able to access the
> server (http://localhost:8083/tbl) with either.  I have never used the
> Eclipse Software Update to update the software.
>
> Do you have a link for the old 3.1 version I could download?  I will
> try unzipping this to a new folder and see what happens.  Or, do you
> know how to add classes to the 3.1 classpath?  If I can get it to find
> com.jdbc.mysql.Driver, I should be good to go.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kev
>
> On Nov 30, 4:32 pm, Scott Henninger <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Kevin; These could be helpful for you, or just things to ignore:
>
> > < but I do not see "server.topbraidlive.org" project that I see when I
> > open TBC>
>
> > server.topbraidlive.org is generated when localhost:8083 is accessed,
> > through either a Web Service or Ensemble (it may be necessary to first
> > open the Ensemble console to get the project to generate).
>
> > <So it seems that in version 3.2.1.v20091123-1212R, either the server
> > is not included or not started by default on startup.>
>
> > I have verified that 1) the server is included (make sure TBC-ME is
> > downloaded) and 2) the server is started by default - an error message
> > appears if the server is unable to start.
>
> > <Any thoughts?  Why would 3.1 crash, and then not be able to find a
> > common driver file?>
>
> > I'm starting to suspect using Software Update instead of the installer
> > as the source of the problem.  There aran't any common library files
> > when you have multiple installations of Composer.
>
> > For upgrading to 3.2.1, download the installer and install into a
> > different folder.
>
> > -- Scott
>
> > On Nov 30, 1:18 pm, Kevin Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > OK, I still haven't fixed this, but I have noticed a few things.
>
> > > First, when I open TBC 3.2.1, I see the "TopBraid" project, but I do
> > > not see "server.topbraidlive.org" project that I see when I open TBC
> > > 3.1.  Isn't this necessary for the server to even be running in TBC
> > > 3.2.1?  When I do a port scan, I notice that nothing is running on
> > > port 8083.  So it seems that in version 3.2.1.v20091123-1212R, either
> > > the server is not included or not started by default on startup.
>
> > > I really don't need to run 3.2.1 either.  I would be perfectly happy
> > > getting 3.1 to work again.  It was working, then crashed, and ever
> > > since the crash, it can never find the "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" class.
> > > I did notice that both 3.1 and 3.2.1 give the same warning about
> > > "System property http.nonProxyHosts", but since the warning exists in
> > > 3.1 and 3.1 used to work once upon a time, I can ignore that
> > > warning.
>
> > > Finally, I managed to get 3.2.1 to run with the -console switch, but
> > > it did not log anything to the console beside an error message about
> > > initializing log4j.  When I run 3.1 with the -console switch, it logs
> > > to the console properly, and repeated gives me the
> > > "com.jdbc.mysql.Driver" error message.
>
> > > Any thoughts?  Why would 3.1 crash, and then not be able to find a
> > > common driver file?
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Kev
>
> > > On Nov 25, 12:20 pm, Scott Henninger <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > Kevin, the message is indicating that a proxy is preventing localhost
> > > > access.  The issue could be in your Eclipse proxy settings.  If you
> > > > have a firewall, this could be the "external source" that has blocked
> > > > localhost access.
>
> > > > You should be able to use Terminal to execute apps from a command
> > > > line.
>
> > > > -- Scott
>
> > > > On Nov 25, 11:09 am, Kevin Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Weird.  Well I restarted my machine and TBC, and now I just get a
> > > > > "failed to connect" error, as if the internal server is not even
> > > > > running, when I go tohttp://localhost:8083/tbl/.  The error log has
> > > > > the following entry, but it doesn't look too helpful:
>
> > > > > "System property http.nonProxyHosts has been set to local|*.local|
> > > > > 169.254/16|*.169.254/16 by an external source. This value will be
> > > > > overwritten using the values from the preferences"
>
> > > > > You mentioned that I should run eclipse from the command line.  How do
> > > > > I run TopBraidComposer.app from the command line on a Mac?  .app files
> > > > > aren't command line runnable, from what I can tell.
>
> > > > > Thanks,
>
> > > > > Kev
>
> > > > > On Nov 24, 1:50 pm, Holger Knublauch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Hi Kevin,
>
> > > > > > is there any other error message? We have difficulties reproducing 
> > > > > > this. The Error Log may have more information, or run Eclipse from 
> > > > > > a command line with the -console option set to get more messages.
>
> > > > > > Regarding the dropins folder, you can just create a new one 
> > > > > > manually and it should work.
>
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Holger
>
> > > > > > On Nov 24, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Kevin Matthews wrote:
>
> > > > > > > I recently upgraded to TBC-ME 3.2.1 and now my webservices are no
> > > > > > > longer working.  When I go to:
>
> > > > > > >http://localhost:8083/tbl/actions?action=sparqlmotion&id=GetSubClasse...
>
> > > > > > > I get:
>
> > > > > > > HTTP ERROR 404
> > > > > > > Problem accessing /tbl/actions. Reason:
> > > > > > >    ProxyServlet: /tbl/actions
>
> > > > > > > I checked the new documentation and the URL seems to be correct.  
> > > > > > > I
> > > > > > > also refreshed my webservices by going to Scripts -> Refresh
> > > > > > > SparqlMotion functions.  What do I need to do to get them working
> > > > > > > again?
>
> > > > > > > On another note, in TBC 3.1, there was a "dropins" directory in 
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > Eclipse directory structure where we put additional jars that are
> > > > > > > needed for extension functions.  That directory no longer exists. 
> > > > > > >  If
> > > > > > > I still need to use extension functions, what is the proper 
> > > > > > > directory
> > > > > > > to put the Jar files in?
>
> > > > > > > Thanks,
>
> > > > > > > Kevin
>
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