When you use the startup command and the window either
doesn't appear or appears and disappears, there is
something wrong with the configuration. The most
likely place for an error is in the server.xml file.
Usually it means there is wrong xml syntax with the
error you are getting. Look closely at any changes you
may have made there.

Other candidates are: mod_jk.conf, tomcat.conf,
workers.properties. 

You can check the log if anything got output, but this
is usually not so helpful. If you are running in
windows, you can configure tomcat as a service (see
instructions on the jakarta-tomcat site) and the log
that is generated when you try to start the service is
much more helpful. Why, I don't know.

good luck.



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<j2ee@p...> wrote:
> J2EE Digest for Thursday, July 19, 2001.
> 
> 1. 
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> 
> Subject: Tomcat run error
> From: hmejia@m...
> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:07:46
> X-Message-Number: 1
> 
> Recently installed Tomcat, when I issue run command
> I get the following:
>  Thread main
> JAVAX.XML.PARSER.FactoryConfigurationError 
> JAVALANGUAGECLASSNOTFOUNDEXECUTION with some 
> ORG.APACHE.CRIMSON.JAXP.SAXParserFactoryImp type
> errors.
> 
> Also,when I issue a start command a message 'TOMCAT
> STARTING IN NEW 
> WINDOW' appears but nothing happens. 
> 
> Anybody have any ideas?  Thanks, Henry  
> 
> 
>