Hi, I'm having a problem with the default install of 5.5.16. When I go into the manager and try start either /jsp-examples or /servlet examples I get the following errors. I'm using the Sun jre 1.5.0_06.
catalina.log -------------------- Apr 21, 2006 10:24:14 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart Apr 21, 2006 10:24:14 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Context [/servlets-examples] startup failed due to previous errors localhost.log -------------------- Apr 21, 2006 10:24:14 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextlistenerStart SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class listeners.ContextListener java.lang.ClassFormatError: Extra bytes at the end of class file listeners/ContextListener at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal( WebappClassLoader.java:1812) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass( WebappClassLoader.java:866) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass( WebappClassLoader.java:1319) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass( WebappClassLoader.java:1198) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart( StandardContext.java:3677) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java :4183) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java :1175) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start( HTMLManagerServlet.java:527) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet( HTMLManagerServlet.java:104) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter( ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter( ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke( StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke( StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke( AuthenticatorBase.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke( StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke( ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke( StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service( CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java :869) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection (Http11BaseProtocol.java:664) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket( PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt( LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run( ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Apr 21, 2006 10:24:14 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextlistenerStart SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class listeners.SessionListener java.lang.ClassFormatError: Extra bytes at the end of class file listeners/SessionListener at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal( WebappClassLoader.java:1812) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass( WebappClassLoader.java:866) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass( WebappClassLoader.java:1319) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass( WebappClassLoader.java:1198) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart( StandardContext.java:3677) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java :4183) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java :1175) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start( HTMLManagerServlet.java:527) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet( HTMLManagerServlet.java:104) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter( ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter( ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke( StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke( StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke( AuthenticatorBase.java:524) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke( StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke( ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke( StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service( CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java :869) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection (Http11BaseProtocol.java:664) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket( PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt( LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run( ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Apr 21, 2006 10:24:14 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextlistenerStart SEVERE: Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s) Thanks for any advice. I haven't been able start my applications either, though I'm not sure if it generated the same exception. Anthony