Hi again: Andre thank you for your email:
1) when I check the logs I see the follwoing for localhost logs :1-Feb-2009 4:16:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized() for catalina logs: I have this: 1-Feb-2009 5:01:42 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester fatalError SEVERE: Parse Fatal Error at line 71 column 8: Comment must start with "<!--". org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Comment must start with "<!--". at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:195) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:174) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:388) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1411) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.startOfMarkup(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2577) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2695) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:807) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:107) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1644) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:516) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:570) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) 1-Feb-2009 5:01:42 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load WARNING: Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Comment must start with "<!--". at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1231) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1644) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:516) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:570) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) 1-Feb-2009 5:01:42 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 0 ms but again, I can successfully access http://localhost:8080 and blank for http://localhost:8080/mms_test. so the log files are not very informative. 2) I have downloaded LiveHttpHeaders plugin and followed your instructions. Believe it or not when I access http://localhost:8080/mms_test or http://localhost:8080 or http://localhost:8080/mms_test , and when i click on "Live http headers" form tools , the headers are empty. However when I access any other sites , like google , the headers has info in it( as it is expected) Sooo I am seriously confused and frustated!!! I just dont know what to do!! I even tried http://localhost:8080/mms_test/index.html but same problem :( sorry again for the hassell but seriously any solution is appreciated! thank you kindly zia On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > zia mohades wrote: > >> Hello again, >> >> Qiao thank you for your help. I tried copying the WEB-INF(which includes >> web.xml) to mms_test but the problem is still there( blank page). I tried >> copying the mms_test somewhere else like to ROOT, but the problem still >> remains. Just to let you know I can successfull view the page >> http://localhost:8080/ but get a blank page when try to access the >> http://localhost:8080/mms_test/ >> >> And when you try that second link, and you get the blank page, is there > anything in your Tomcat logs ? > > I mean, when you try to access http://localhost:8080/mms_test/, there are > only a limited number of possibilities : > - either your browser cannot reach the server. Then you would get a > browser message saying "cannot reach the server". You don't get that, so we > assume the browser can reach Tomcat. > - or the browser reaches the server, and the server cannot find the > requested page (or application), or it cannot access it (permission > problem), or there is an error in the application. Then you would get an > error page from Tomcat. But you do not get that. > - so we have to assume that Tomcat finds "something", and is sending it > back to the browser. That something seems to be an empty page. > But it certainly comes at least with some HTTP Headers from Tomcat. > > If there is nothing in the Tomcat logs : > If you are using Firefox as a browser (recommended), get and install the > LiveHttpHeaders plugin. Here : > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/3829 > > That is a plugin that allows you to see the HTTP Headers that the webserver > is sending along with the response (the blank page). > (If IE, get a similar plugin (Fiddler2 ?).) > Anyway, activate the plugin (in Firefox, LiveHttpHeaders appears in the > Tools menu, just click on it. It opens its own window). > Then just go back to the main window, call up your mmtest link, and look in > the LiveHttpHeaders window, what exactly the server sent. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >