Hi, The GUI has proved useful for debugging, but didn't solve the problem. It appears to read/write the registry, so settings made from the command
line are picked up in the GUI tool, and vice versa. Our Java setup is slightly non-standard. I'm not sure how non-standard: perhaps somebody can tell me if this situation is rare. We install the JRE, and then we copy the server jvm.dll (taken from an SDK install) to C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll We do not delete the client jvm DLL, nor do we change the registry settings for Java. We simply point tomcat to the server jvm.dll. The jvm may be related to my problems. When I use the standard tomcat install service.bat install the client VM is the default, and the tomcat service behaves nicely. When I proceed from that point (with a working service), and use tomcat5w.exe to change the JVM path to point to the server VM DLL, behavior is inconsistent. Sometimes I can start and stop the tomcat service, and sometimes I can't. When I change it back to client (by checking the "Use default" check box), it starts working again. However, installing using tomcat5.exe but without setting the Jvm parameter has not helped: I still cannot start the service after installing like this: C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //IS//Tomcat5 --DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5" --Install="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" --Startup=auto --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm --StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StartParams=start --StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StopParams=stop Using --Jvm=auto doesn't help either. So, client vm or not, I still cannot install from the command line using tomcat5.exe. > From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Look at what the service.bat script generates I found something interesting in service.bat rem Set the server jvm from JAVA_HOME set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm rem Set the client jvm from JAVA_HOME set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm rem Check for JRockit JVM: Bugzilla 39674 set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\jrockit\jvm.dll if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm set PR_JVM=auto My JAVA_HOME is C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12 and my jvm DLL files are in C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\client In other words, service.bat is looking in %JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll for a DLL that is actually located one level up in %JAVA_HOME%\bin\server\jvm.dll which is why service.bat echoes Using JVM: auto and is probably why this method of installing the service works when nothing else does. Note: tomcat5w shows the correct path to the client jvm.dll when I install this way. When I change the installation to use the server vm, things stop working again. Thanks, Eric -----Original Message----- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:33 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows > From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows > > Does this suggest a cause to my earlier problems? Probably means you don't have the parameters quite right for the tomcat5.exe program. Look at what the service.bat script generates, and look here for the tomcat5.exe doc: http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html I haven't used the procrun-based .exe directly very much, mostly just the GUI. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
