Make sure none of the ports specified in conf/server.xml are being used. You can check this by running
netstat -na | grep <port> if nothing comes up then the port is free. -- Signed, Alessandro Ferrucci On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Nadun Herath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a newbie to tomcat. I installed it ubuntu > > added the following line to bashrc file > > export > CLASSPATH=/usr/local/tomcat/common/lib/jsp-api.jar:/usr/local/tomcat/common/lib/servlet-api.jar > > > When I run startup.sh it runs ok. Giving this message > > Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/tomcat > Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/tomcat > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/tomcat/temp > Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun > > But when I type localhost/8080 it says can't connect. What is the problem. > Please help. I thank you in advance. >
