tomcat configuration problem

[Rajeev Nair]

I downloaded Tomcat4.0.3 and iam running under Win 98.
I have set the environment variables and put that in autoexec.bat file
set JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK1.4
set CATALINA_HOME=C:\Tomcat.
set TOMCAT_HOME=C:\tomcat
set classpath=%classpath%;c:\jdk1.4\lib\tools.jar
So when I run the startup.bat file it opens one more dos window and immediately gets closed.
Iam left with one dos window where it says
C:\tomcat\bin>startup
Using CATALINA_BASE: c:\tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME: c:\tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: c:\tomcat\temp
Using JAVA_HOME: c:\jdk1.4
When i was using tomcat 3.0 it used to open a new dos window saying starting tomcat. I also tried
on the browser http://localhost:8080/. It says page not responding. I have also increased the memory settings for DOS to 4096.
Am i doing something wrong here?. Iam going nuts. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

[Rene Larsen]

Hi
Try to change the catalina.bat

:noTitle
set _EXECJAVA=start %_RUNJAVA%
:gotTitle

should be changed to:

:noTitle
set _EXECJAVA=%_RUNJAVA%
:gotTitle

Now you are able to see the hole process.
When Tomcat is up and running the promt should end witch:

Starting service Tomcat-Standalone
Apache Tomcat/4.0.3
Starting service Tomcat-Apache
Apache Tomcat/4.0.3

/Rene

[Rajeev Nair]

Thanks Rene, It worked. No document says we need to do this. Once again thanks for your help.

[Rajeev Nair]

Rene,
While trying to shut down it kind of refused saying
Catalina.stop: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:295)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:161)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:148)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:425)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:375)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:290)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stop(Catalina.java:831)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:683)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:179)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:243)
This is how it is or something I need to do.

[Rene Larsen]

Hi
I would not worry about it! It is Windows 98 so you have to learn to live with it.
If you want a 'clean' startup and shutdown every time, you need to install another OS - Windows 2000 or XP (or LINUX) - witch Tomcat is 'designed' better for. With Win 2000/XP (and LINUX) it is also posible to run Tomcat as a Service.
/Rene