well next time.... Luckily i got the problem solved - all sites are now back up. i removed tomcat55 instance from subsys using rm command Rm /var/lock/subsys/tomcat55 and did a reboot, restarted tomcat55 and voila!
Cheers and thanks, On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:18 PM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: > Simon Peter Lwanjo wrote: > >> Hi Andre', >> >> as you will, i am trying to get all the help i can get from any source, >> reason i indicated the OS type and tomcat version and the log errors!! >> > > No, you did not. > There are many versions of Tomcat 5.5. The precise version is important. > There are many versions of RedHat Linux. The precise version is important. > And the log message which you mentioned is a not a Tomcat log message. > Errors specific to Tomcat are (under Linux, usually) in /var/log/* or > /var/log/tomcat55/*. > > The more /precise/ information you supply, the better/quicker you will get > help. > It also saves a lot of time to the people trying to help, and that is > important, as they are all busy people, who do this on their own time. > > >> i could chance on someone who has used a similar combination and >> encountered >> a similar problem.- >> >> thanks for laboring to reply all the same - i will definitely try your >> leads. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Simon >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:35 AM, André Warnier <a...@ice-sa.com> wrote: >> >> Hi. >>> >>> I think that for this issue, you would get better/quicker help from a >>> Linux >>> admin forum. >>> >>> I am not trying to brush you off, but this looks like an issue having to >>> do >>> with the way recent versions of Linux manage "services", rather than with >>> Tomcat itself. >>> The expertise of the people on this list is with Tomcat itself, rather >>> than >>> with all the different ways in which different OS-es manage such >>> "services". >>> >>> This being said, if you have problems finding out why Tomcat died in the >>> first place, then this would be the right list to ask. >>> But then, provide : >>> - the Tomcat version (x.y.z) >>> - the Java version >>> - the (full) OS and version >>> - the lines in the Tomcat log files that are relevant >>> (this can be in /var/log/tomcat55/*.log, or /var/log/daemon, or similar >>> places (also depending on the OS)) >>> >>> >>> >>> Simon Peter Lwanjo wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Some help from the forum - i am relatively new to administering Tomcat. >>>> >>>> Apache Tomcat on one of our Redhat Linux servers won't start. The >>>>> service >>>>> status says "tomcat55 dead but subsys locked" >>>>> >>>>> You cannot kill the service because the PID is not locatable. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Anyone? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Simon >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> - >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------****----------------------------** >>> --**--------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> users-unsubscribe@tomcat.**apa**che.org<http://apache.org> >>> <users-unsubscribe@**tomcat.apache.org<users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org> >>> > >>> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@tomcat.**apache.org<users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
