This is very strange. When I add commons jars, e.g. commons-bean-utlis.jar, to my webapp lib directory, the webapp will no longer deploy to tomcat 5.5.12. Take the commons jars out (and restart tomcat) then the webapp will deploy. It won't run of course, because of the missing classes...
I've been through the FAQ and tomcat-user mail archive, but cannot see the answer. Can someone out there help? ---%<- stack --------------------------------------------------------------- 17-Oct-2005 21:15:54 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 17-Oct-2005 21:15:54 org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009 17-Oct-2005 21:15:54 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 1232 ms 17-Oct-2005 21:15:55 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina 17-Oct-2005 21:15:55 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.12 17-Oct-2005 21:15:55 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start INFO: XML validation disabled 17-Oct-2005 21:15:56 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR INFO: Deploying web application archive WebAccess.war 17-Oct-2005 21:15:56 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR SEVERE: Error deploying web application archive WebAccess.war java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getUTF8String(Unknown Source) at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.readLOC(Unknown Source) at java.util.zip.ZipInputStream.getNextEntry(Unknown Source) at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.util.jar.JarInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.util.ExtensionValidator.getManifest(ExtensionValidator.j ava:368) at org.apache.catalina.util.ExtensionValidator.validateApplication(ExtensionVal idator.java:187) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3998) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:7 59) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:804) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:693) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1118) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSuppor t.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1020) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1012) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:680) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:536) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:275) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) 17-Oct-2005 21:15:56 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol start INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080 17-Oct-2005 21:15:57 org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpAprProtocol start INFO: Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-8009 17-Oct-2005 21:15:57 org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader load INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource 17-Oct-2005 21:15:57 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 2393 ms --- Paul Mahoney, Director, X-Act Solutions Limited smail: 71 South Cliff, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3EE email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +44 (0) 1424 731240 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]