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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:26:32 +0100
From: Remy Maucherat <remm@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: tomcat 5.5.4 does not start when a single webapp fails
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Martin Grotzke wrote:

>dear tomcat-developers,
>
>i installed the latest tomcat-5.5.4.
>
>when i try to start a webapp that runs without problems
>on tomcat 5.5.3, i get the following error:
>  
>
It works for me. I d/led the distribution, as packaging problems are 
always a possibility.

>----------------
>  
>
>>INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.4
>>Nov 1, 2004 10:24:46 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start
>>INFO: XML validation disabled
>>- Initializing log4j with '/path/to/webapp/WEB-INF/log/log4j.mescalin.xml'.
>>Nov 1, 2004 10:24:50 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline registerValve
>>INFO: Can't register valve ErrorReportValve[localhost]
>>javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl could not be instantiated: java.lang.NullPointerException
>>        at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(DocumentBuilderFactory.java:104)
>>        at org.apache.commons.modeler.util.DomUtil.readXml(DomUtil.java:284)
>>        at org.apache.commons.modeler.modules.MbeansDescriptorsDOMSource.execute(MbeansDescriptorsDOMSource.java:130)
>>        at org.apache.commons.modeler.modules.MbeansDescriptorsDOMSource.loadDescriptors(MbeansDescriptorsDOMSource.java:120)
>>    
>>
For some reason modeler tries to use Xerces without the right Java 5 
package name. Your system configuration seems bad.

>----------------
>
>starting tomcat stops with this error, and tomcat will not
>respond to any request, neither for the context that caused
>the error, nor for other contexts like the default one.
>the start procedure stops with the stack trace, there's no message
>like "INFO: Server startup in .... ms"...
>
>nmap shows the port 8080 to be open, but netstat does not
>list the request made from the browser
>
>kill -3 shows the following output:
>-----------------
>  
>
>>Full thread dump Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0-b64 mixed mode, sharing):
>>
>>"DestroyJavaVM" prio=1 tid=0x0805bff0 nid=0x1ff7 waiting on condition [0x00000000..0xfeffd040]
>>
>>"Thread-2" prio=1 tid=0x082b5910 nid=0x2007 waiting on condition [0x0570c000..0x0570c480]
>>        at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)
>>        at com.freiheit.vps.schnittstellen.urllogin.LoginFilter$1.run(LoginFilter.java:83)
>>        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
>>
>>"Thread-1" daemon prio=1 tid=0x085e9d18 nid=0x2006 waiting on condition [0x063cc000..0x063cc800]
>>        at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)
>>        at org.apache.log4j.helpers.FileWatchdog.run(FileWatchdog.java:95)
>>
>>"Low Memory Detector" daemon prio=1 tid=0x080a0de8 nid=0x2002 runnable [0x00000000..0x00000000]
>>
>>"CompilerThread0" daemon prio=1 tid=0x0809f898 nid=0x2001 waiting on condition [0x00000000..0x02f34068]
>>
>>"Signal Dispatcher" daemon prio=1 tid=0x0809e9c0 nid=0x2000 runnable [0x00000000..0x00000000]
>>
>>"Finalizer" daemon prio=1 tid=0x08099c60 nid=0x1fff in Object.wait() [0x02eb3000..0x02eb3580]
>>        at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
>>        - waiting on <0xb73c68d8> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
>>        at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:116)
>>        - locked <0xb73c68d8> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
>>        at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:132)
>>        at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:159)
>>
>>"Reference Handler" daemon prio=1 tid=0x08098f70 nid=0x1ffe in Object.wait() [0x076d5000..0x076d5500]
>>        at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
>>        - waiting on <0xb73c6958> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
>>        at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:474)
>>        at java.lang.ref.Reference$ReferenceHandler.run(Reference.java:116)
>>        - locked <0xb73c6958> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
>>
>>"VM Thread" prio=1 tid=0x080964a0 nid=0x1ffd runnable
>>
>>"VM Periodic Task Thread" prio=1 tid=0x080a2278 nid=0x2003 waiting on condition
>>    
>>
>-----------------
>  
>
I'd like to understand why you think a thread dump is useful to debug a 
JAXP configuration issue. Funny :)

>one note about the LoginFilter u see in this list:
>
>- when i remove the filter mapping, this filter get's started,
>  and the error is the same as described above
>- when i remove both filter mapping and filter definition,
>  i get the stack trace as described above, but the tomcat
>  process terminates with the error (the filter's not loaded).
>
>i don't know if this are different problems, or if there's some
>relation.
>
>
>one problem is that the webapp does not start, but another problem
>is that tomcat fails to start if one context is not starting correctly.
>
>
>my system:
>fedora core 2
>sun jdk 1.5 (jpackage.org)
>tomcat 5.5.4 alpha
>log4j 1.2.7 (the same with 1.2.8)
>
>do you need some more information?
>  
>
>for now, i'll step back to tomcat 5.5.3.
>  
>
Your report is bogus, so step back all you want, but there won't be any fix.

R�my


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