Nothing jumps out. Check /var/log/cassandra/output.log , that's where stdout and std err are directed.
Check file permissions. Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer New Zealand @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 18/02/2013, at 9:08 PM, amulya rattan <talk2amu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I followed step-by-step instructions for installing Cassandra on Red Hat > Linux Server 6.3 from the datastax site, without much success. Apparently it > installs fine but starting cassandra service does nothing(no ports are bound > so opscenter/cli doesnt work). When I check service's status, it shows > "Cassandra dead but pid file exists". When I try launching Cassandra from > /usr/sbin, it throws "Error opening zip file or JAR manifest missing : > /lib/jamm-0.2.5.jar" and stop, so clearly that's why service isn't running. > > While I investigate it further, I thought it'd be worthwhile to put this on > the list and see if anybody else saw similar issue. I must point out that > this is fresh machine with fresh Cassandra installation so no conflicts with > any previous installations are possible. So anybody else came across > something similar? > > ~Amulya
