I'm actually seeing some logging - it's going to /var/log/syslog instead of into /var/log/tomcat5.5, fwiw.
Sample ps output shows SYSLOG: mthad...@gpsdb-jasperserver:~$ ps auwxx | grep tomcat | grep -v grep root 11332 0.0 0.0 2064 356 ? Ss 06:36 0:00 /usr/bin/jsvc -user tomcat55 -cp /usr/share/java/commons-daemon.jar:/usr/share/tomcat5.5/bin/bootstrap.jar -outfile SYSLOG -errfile SYSLOG -pidfile /var/run/tomcat5.5.pid -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms128m -Xmx768m -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/share/tomcat5.5/common/endorsed -Dcatalina.base=/var/lib/tomcat5.5 -Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat5.5 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap root 11333 0.0 0.0 2064 472 ? S 06:36 0:00 /usr/bin/jsvc -user tomcat55 -cp /usr/share/java/commons-daemon.jar:/usr/share/tomcat5.5/bin/bootstrap.jar -outfile SYSLOG -errfile SYSLOG -pidfile /var/run/tomcat5.5.pid -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms128m -Xmx768m -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/share/tomcat5.5/common/endorsed -Dcatalina.base=/var/lib/tomcat5.5 -Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat5.5 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap tomcat55 11334 0.6 7.9 434900 138828 ? Sl 06:36 0:26 /usr/bin/jsvc -user tomcat55 -cp /usr/share/java/commons-daemon.jar:/usr/share/tomcat5.5/bin/bootstrap.jar -outfile SYSLOG -errfile SYSLOG -pidfile /var/run/tomcat5.5.pid -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms128m -Xmx768m -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/share/tomcat5.5/common/endorsed -Dcatalina.base=/var/lib/tomcat5.5 -Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat5.5 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap -- Tomcat 5.5 produces no logs when run with gcj https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251004 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs