OK. Found the fix. This log4j.properties are read from the log4j.properties set in hadoop, that is pointed by the $HADOOP_HOME. So I have to apply the change I mentioned in my previous mail to $HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop/log4j.properties.
Thank you. Regards, Pradeeban. On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Kathiravelu Pradeeban <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > When I start sqoop (sqoop-1.4.1-incubating__hadoop-0.23), it fails > with the below error. > > pradeeban@pradeeban:~/programs/sqoop-1.4.1-incubating__hadoop-0.23/bin$ > ./sqoop > Warning: /usr/lib/hbase does not exist! HBase imports will fail. > Please set $HBASE_HOME to the root of your HBase installation. > log4j:ERROR Could not find value for key log4j.appender.NullAppender > log4j:ERROR Could not instantiate appender named "NullAppender". > Try 'sqoop help' for usage. > > I notice the NullAppender issue is same as the one reported for Hadoop > in [1]. So I wanted to apply the changes proposed (basically, adding > the NullAppender to the log4j.properties) in the patch attached to the > above mentioned jira. > > +# Null Appender > +log4j.appender.NullAppender=org.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender > > However, I couldn't find the log4j.properties for sqoop. > Can I get some help in figuring out this, or is there any other > effective solution to tackle the initial startup problem of sqoop. > > Thank you. > Regards, > Pradeeban. > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7837 > > -- > Kathiravelu Pradeeban. > Blog: [Llovizna] http://kkpradeeban.blogspot.com/ -- Kathiravelu Pradeeban. Blog: [Llovizna] http://kkpradeeban.blogspot.com/
