Bug#323596: tomcat4: Does not start

[Barry Hawkins]

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Jim Lynch wrote:
> Package: tomcat4
> Version: 4.1.31-3
> Severity: important
> 
> I installed tomcat4 and a number of other suggested and recommeded
> packages but it fails to start with the following messages:
> 
> Using CATALINA_BASE:   /var/lib/tomcat4
> Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/share/tomcat4
> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /var/lib/tomcat4/temp
> Using JAVA_HOME:       /usr/lib/kaffe
> 
> Using Security Manager
> Internal error: caught an unexpected exception.
> Please check your CLASSPATH and your installation.
> java/lang/ExceptionInInitializerError
>         at
> 	java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:772)
> 
> I then installed Sun's java 1.4 and set the java home in the
> /etc/default/tomcat4 file to point to /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_09
> 
> And received the following error:
> 
> Using CATALINA_BASE:   /var/lib/tomcat4
> Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/share/tomcat4
> Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /var/lib/tomcat4/temp
> Using JAVA_HOME:       /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_09
> Using Security Manager
> Error occurred during initialization of VM
> java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object
> 
> I then attempted to compile a small java program with 1.4 and got the
> same message from the compiler.  For some reason the Sun java package
> isn't working.  I used the rpm file and alien to generate a deb package
> which I installed.  However, the real problem is that a "default"
> install of tomcat and some recommended and suggested packages don't
> result in a successful tomcat installation.
[...]
Jim,
    Thank you for your use of Debian.  Your issue has everything to do
with the fact that you are using a bastardized JDK install.  Please
package your JDK from a .bin file using java-package, and then modify
your /etc/default/tomcat4 to point JAVA_HOME correctly.  Also, this is
not a bug with a severity of important.  Please review the information
on the Debian Bug Tracking System [0] and the usage of severity levels
[1] before filing a bug.  If you cannot even compile a simple Java
program with the JDK you installed, the problem is obviously not the
tomcat4 package.  Please review the closed bug reports on tomcat4 for
numerous examples of bugs similar to yours that have been filed.

[0] - http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
[1] - http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities

Regards,
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Barry Hawkins
All Things Computed
site: www.alltc.com
weblog: www.yepthatsme.com

Registered Linux User #368650
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