Hi all ! I once had a Tomcat 5.5 and an Eclipse 3.2 that where running just fine and then... the HDD crashed... I suffered no data lost but since then, I can't start Tomcat anymore. The "server" view of Eclipse gives me the following trace :
******************************** Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError Caused by: com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException : java.lang.NullPointerException (Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException) (Caused by com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: java.lang.NullPointerException (Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException )) at com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance( LogFactoryImpl.java:543) at com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance( LogFactoryImpl.java:235) at com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance ( LogFactoryImpl.java:209) at com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java :351) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.<clinit>(Bootstrap.java:73) Caused by: com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException : java.lang.NullPointerException (Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException) at com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getLogConstructor( LogFactoryImpl.java:397) at com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance ( LogFactoryImpl.java:529) ... 4 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getLogConstructor( LogFactoryImpl.java:374) ... 5 more ******************************** I eventually felt into Commons-logging / Log4j neighborhood jam ! The log system of my servlet (Log4j) doesn't work anymore, but I don't bother because it doesn't start anyway. But, regarding Tomcat's log system re-launching, it's an usual concern : lots of people talk about that. But neither them nor me can find a solution. Of course I've found a lot of tutorials, but they can't help... I have re-installed my workstation, indeed. I've tried to launch Tomcat via another plugin, too. I gave Sysdeo a try : Tomcat runs, loads the servlet, but doesn't run it and keeps quiet. No servlet log, no exception, no result ("resource unavailable"). If someone could help me find a definitive answer to that classical question... (other than "42", of course ;-). Thanx a lot and excuse me for my poor English, I'm a little froggie. Pierre -- "L'une des raisons pour lesquelles la vie est complexe C'est qu'elle a une partie réelle et une partie imaginaire."