On 23 Jun 2008 at 18:37, Adam Posner wrote: Date sent: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:37:06 -0700 From: Adam Posner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: tomcat 5.5 loads a blank page To: users@tomcat.apache.org Send reply to: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org>
> Hi, > I'm new to this newsgroup and have a vexing problem. > I run tomcat using the startup script, for ex. > /usr/share/tomcat5.5/bin > startup.sh and everything startsup with no errors, ie: > > Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/share/tomcat5.5 > Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat5.5 > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat5.5/temp > Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun > > but if I go to localhost:8180 a blank page is displayed with no > errors in > catalina.out. > Here's the output from catalina.out when I startup tomcat as > above: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# tail -f /usr/share/tomcat5.5/logs/catalina.out > Jun 23, 2008 5:56:50 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol > start > INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8180 > Jun 23, 2008 5:56:50 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init > INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009 > Jun 23, 2008 5:56:50 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start > INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/58 config=null > Jun 23, 2008 5:56:50 PM org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader > load > INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource > Jun 23, 2008 5:56:50 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start > INFO: Server startup in 599 ms > > As I said I get the blank page when going to localhost:8180, and > nothing > added to catalina.out, so no help in figuring this problem out. > > As a comparison, I get the normal index.html page displayed when I > go to > /usr/local/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/bin and run the startup > script there > and go to localhost:8080. (i have both tomcats installed. I'll > explain more > on this later) > I did a search and there is actually no index.html page in my > tomcat5.5 > installation. I installed this version from the ubuntu(gutsy) > repositories > using apt-get. If you must use tomcat 5.5 I (and many others on this list) highly recommend you uninstall the packaged version of tomcat from 3rd party vendors and install it from the binary version downloaded from apache.org. http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi > The /usr/share/tomcat5.5/webapps directory is empty there whereas > the other, > /usr/local/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.14/webapps/ROOT/index.html, > isn't. > Not sure this matters, though. > It seems like the home directories for the 2 tomcat installations > are set up > a bit differently: Yes they are. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls /usr/share/tomcat5.5/ > bin common conf doc logs server shared temp webapps work > > versus > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls /usr/local/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.14 > bin lib logs RELEASE-NOTES temp work > conf LICENSE NOTICE RUNNING.txt webapps > > Now to the reason I'm using tomcat5.5 instead of the latest version. > I'm > trying to do web development using eclipse. I had to install eclipse > using > apt-get also. No, you didn't have to. > (After a week of trying to get the latest version of eclipse working > from a > manual download, I gave up) > So I have eclipse 3.2.2 WTP with tomcat5.5 and I have a sample > webapp that I > did using an eclipse tutorial, and everything seems to work, > I can start tomcat server from eclipse with no errors, but the same > thing > happens. When I go to load the jsp it's blank. > I am totally clueless on this one, so any ideas would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks, I'm not sure how ubuntu packages their tomcat but a developer from ubuntu has posted here before that users are welcome to ask on their forums for support if they want to use their re- packaged version of tomcat. If it's anything like other distros you can try going into the /etc directory and start looking for the tomcat config files, they are most likely in a sub-directory. The config files will give you a clue as to how their version works. Also, ubuntu, like other 3rd party repackgers of tomcat ship the example applications in a separate download. Your tomcat 6 install seems to be an install from the "real" version, from apache.org so that is why it's functioning as intended. -Steve O. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
