[opencms-dev] Re: installation error with version 5 rc 2

[gwelding at softhome.net]

sorry to say that this didn't make it work! I checked the Tomcat logs and 
nothing (apart from the mentioned MullPointerException etc. etc. error) was 
mentioned there. I also put an "echo" command in the "catalina.bat" and 
looks that Dfile.encoding is the correct one! 

I was wondering if I'm the only person facind that problem. 

Thanks for your time 

David Tildesley (DSLWN) writes: 

> Just to make sure the encoding setting is taking hold use this as the
> "target" in your "tomcat start" shortcut (don't start tomcat as a service
> until you solve this problem first): 
> 
> C:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\bin\java.exe -jar -Dfile.encoding=ISO-8859-1
> -Duser.dir="C:\tc4" "C:\tc4\bin\bootstrap.jar" start 
> 
> obviously ensure you use your own install directory for tomcat and JavaSDK
> in the above. 
> 
>  
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gwelding at softhome.net [mailto:gwelding at softhome.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2003 9:34 p.m.
>> To: opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
>> Subject: [opencms-dev] Re: installation error with version 5 rc 2 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for your reply but I still I have the same problem. I 
>> did change the 
>> "CATALINA_OPTS" in the "catalina.bat" file and set the 
>> "-Dfile.encoding" as 
>> adviced but no impact on the installation.  
>> 
>> Please notice that this is the only change I applied to the 
>> "catalina.bat". 
>> Everything else is out of the box!  
>> 
>> Thanks for your time  
>> 
>> David Tildesley (DSLWN) writes:  
>> 
>> > The installation notes are incorrect - the setting for RC2 
>> cataline_opts
>> > should be ISO-8859-1 not UTF8 - this is noted elsewhere on 
>> the site.  
>> > 
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: gwelding at softhome.net [mailto:gwelding at softhome.net]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2003 3:19 a.m.
>> >> To: opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
>> >> Subject: [opencms-dev] installation error with version 5 rc 2 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Hi,  
>> >> 
>> >> try to install the latest build on a W2K PC using:  
>> >> 
>> >> Tomcat 4.1.12
>> >> MySQL 3.23.54  
>> >> 
>> >> I did include, according to the installation notes, the 
>> CATALINA_OPTS 
>> >> setting for UTF-8, copied the "opencms.war" to the Tomcat 
>> >> webapps directory, 
>> >> did unpack it and was able to get the .../opencms/ocsetup 
>> >> fist page. When 
>> >> hitting the "continue" button a HTTP 500 error occured with a 
>> >> NullPointerException starting at 
>> >> com.opencms.boot.CmsSetup.getExtProperty  
>> >> 
>> >> Thanks for your help.  
>> >> 

George Welding