hello again, Andre, I just went back to the server.xml file in conf directory and fixed the error and now when I restart the server with: sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat restart, and I then i check the logs , I don't see any errors , just the normal output:
1-Feb-2009 6:01:03 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 1113 ms but when I try to access the webserver via http://localhost:8080/mms_test/, same problem again, blank page. Don't get it!!!! What am i doing wrong?? what do i need to do?? I've been wrestling with this issue for the last 7 days! :( don't know what do anymore! Thank u again for the help zia On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 5:46 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > What do you mean the logs are not informative ? > I am no Tomcat expert to interpret the log exactly, but my guess is that > you have an XML error right into your conf/server.xml file, which is the > main Tomcat configuration file. I am quite surprised that Tomcat is > starting at all. > > SEVERE: Parse Fatal Error at line 71 column 8: Comment must start with > > > You may want to have a look at the position indicated above. > if it is not in server.xml, it is obviously in some other XML file which > Tomcat tries to read at startup. > > > zia mohades wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
