[opencms-dev] installation with tomcat

[debal abidi]

hi,

i emailed before originally i was trying to install opencms with tomcat 4.0 
but it seemed to be giving errors. i suppose they are tomcat errors. i was 
told to install tomcat 4.1.24 which i did but it seems to be still giving me 
errors. here is the list of errors:

HTTP Status 500 -

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it 
from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException
	at 
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:254)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
	at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:594)
	at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392)
	at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565)
	at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)


root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.opencms.boot.CmsSetup.getExtProperty(CmsSetup.java:163)
	at com.opencms.boot.CmsSetup.getDefaultContentEncoding(CmsSetup.java:1061)
	at 
org.apache.jsp.content_encoding_jsp._jspService(content_encoding_jsp.java:66)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
	at 
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:210)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
	at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
	at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
	at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:594)
	at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392)
	at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565)
	at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)


If someone can tell me what the problem is and how to fix it i would 
appreciate it a lot. i am running this on windows xp pro.

let me know. thanks a lot in advance.

bye.

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