[opencms-dev] opencms install hangs

[Scott Newham]

Thanks for the suggestion Paul but I've found the problem by debugging the
JSP using jdb. Loads of fun (not). After much gnashing of teeth I tracked
the problem down to java.security.SecureRandom hanging. This had caused
CmsUUID.getDummyEthernetAddress() to hang.

Some release notes for jdk1.4.2: "On Unix platforms, the Sun SecureRandom
implementation uses /dev/random to seed itself, if available. This approach
can improve the startup time of cryptographic applications considerably, but
can also cause delays if the kernel entropy pool is empty. "

Seemed to be causing infinite delay for me! I modified
<java.home>/lib/security/java.security and it fixed my problem.

I should get to the bottom of this but in the short term I'm happy that I
can proceed with the setup.

>Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 13:32:23 -0400
>To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
>From: "Paul D. Bain" <paulbain at pobox.com>
>Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] opencms install hangs
>Reply-To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
>
>At Friday 8/8/03 07:33 PM, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've got a problem installing opencms 5.0 under debian Stable-Woody/linux.
>>I'm using jdk 1.4.2 and tomcat 4.1.27. I have also tried an older ver 4
>>tomcat but the same problem persisted. I have successfully setup opencms
>>on windows so I basically know what I'm doing. The database (sapdb) is
>>setup and I can run though the setup and import all files into it from
>>opencms on a windows machine.
>
>         My configuration is similar to yours. I am running Debian Woody
>(Libranet 2.0), tomcat 4.0 (installed by debian "apt-get"), JDK 1.4 beta
>(installed manually (October 2002), _not_ by using Debian package
>management), and MySQL 3.22 (installed by apt-get).
>
>>When I run setup I manage to create the database.
>>check_versions.jsp runs and reports "Your system uses components which
>>have been tested to work properly with OpenCms".
>
>         I had problems during the installation, but they were different
>than the ones that you report and I was able to find a solution by
>searching the mail archives. The primary problem that I encountered during
>installation was apparently related to the age of the Tomcat version in
>Debian stable. OpenCMS 5.0 seems to prefer a newer version of the XML
>parser than the one that comes with Tomcat 4.0.
>
>         If I were you, I would probably try using MySQL. If it works, then
>you know that the problem is probably related to SAPdb.
>
>         I hope that this information helps a little.
>
>Sincerely,
>Paul Bain