[opencms-dev] Configuration problems after changinglogging configuration

Sat Mar 5 21:38:15 CET 2005

Is it a line-ending problem?  I have encountered that issue with other tools
in the past, in situations where the "real" version of the system is 
Unix/Linux-based,
and one modifies some configuration text file with an editor on Windows which
adds line endings when it exits  [In fact, CVS can get quite confused if things
aren't set up right.]   If you have cygwin installed on your Windows system,
you can look at the chars in the file with 'od', and you can strip out any 
carriage-returns with dos2unix.

At 12:36 PM 3/5/2005, you wrote:
>We are testing very well in XP so it's certainly not the "normal" behaviour
>there.
>
>It appears whatever editor tool you use somehow screws the configuration
>files. Do you have some sort of "diff" available? You should compare the
>config file that was edited with the one coming directly from the
>distribution. Another option is to make a backup of the original file, do
>the modifications, and then copying the original back just to see if this
>solves the problem...
>
>Best Regards,
>Alex.
>
>Alexander Kandzior
>Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
>http://www.alkacon.com
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
> > [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Erik-Jan Spaans
> > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 2:26 PM
> > To: The OpenCms mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Configuration problems after
> > changinglogging configuration
> >
> > Yes, that's correct: changing the logging configuration as
> > described disables the system, and changing the property back
> > to the original state leaves the system in disabled state.
> > There seems no way to resolve
> > this: only a reinstall solves the problem.
> >
> > Now I also performed exactly the same test on my linux system
> > (Suse 9.1, Tomcat 5.0.24 and OpenCms 6 beta 1), and I could
> > NOT reproduce this behaviour there.
> > On the linux system changing the configuration works as expected!
> >
> > So it seems to be a Windows (XP??) related issue.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > EJ
> >
> > Alexander Kandzior wrote:
> >
> > >Could bad conversion of line-delimiters in the configuration
> > files may
> > >be the cause of this error?
> > >
> > >>From what I gather you say that your system won't run if
> > you made any
> > >>change
> > >to the logging configuration, even if you later fully undo
> > this change.
> > >It that correct?
> > >
> > >That's an issue I havent encountered in the last 1.5 years since we
> > >integrated log4j, and we did many setups nad also changes in the log
> > >configuration. Configurations included yours (XP sp 2 plus
> > Tomcat 5.0).
> > >Very strange...
> > >
> > >Best Regards,
> > >Alex.
> > >
> > >Alexander Kandzior
> > >Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
> > >http://www.alkacon.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
> > >>[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of
> > Erik-Jan Spaans
> > >>Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:01 PM
> > >>To: The OpenCms mailing list
> > >>Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Configurationproblems afterchanging
> > >>loggingconfiguration
> > >>
> > >>Hi Alex,
> > >>
> > >>I've checked everything else, but I could not find any
> > >>misconfiguration.
> > >>I decided to rerun setup, and then everything was fine again.
> > >>Then I thought I'd try a little test: after changing the
> > >>beforementioned property again (this time from my
> > log4.properties file
> > >>to the 'this'
> > >>identifier), and without changing anything else after the fresh
> > >>installation, the system showed the "OpenCms not properly
> > configured!"
> > >>message again.
> > >>So one way or another changing the log.log4j.configuration
> > entry leads
> > >>to this error, at least on my development system (Windows XP sp2,
> > >>Tomcat 5.0.24, OpenCms 6 beta 1).
> > >>If you like a can report this as a bug in the OpenCms bugtracking
> > >>system, along with the path to reproduce it.
> > >>
> > >>Best regards,
> > >>EJ
> > >>
> > >>Alexander Kandzior wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Then you must have configured something else wrong in one of your
> > >>>configuration files.
> > >>>
> > >>>Try checking the openmcs.log (in WEB-INF/logs), maybe this
> > gives you
> > >>>more information on what is wrong. You should also check
> > the config
> > >>>files against the default values that come with the distribution.
> > >>>
> > >>>Best Regards,
> > >>>Alex.
> > >>>
> > >>>Alexander Kandzior
> > >>>Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts http://www.alkacon.com
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>-----Original Message-----
> > >>>>From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
> > >>>>[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>Erik-Jan Spaans
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 7:37 PM
> > >>>>To: The OpenCms mailing list
> > >>>>Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Configuration problems afterchanging
> > >>>>loggingconfiguration
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Hmmm, the problem is still there when pointing to the
> > log4j config
> > >>>>file.
> > >>>>Also replacing the old 'this' value does not solve it.
> > >>>>The opencms.properties file is attached.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>EJ
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Alexander Kandzior wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>You need to point to the log4j config file opencms should
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>use, e.g.:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>log.log4j.configuration=\opt\tomcat\conf\log4j.conf
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Best Regards,
> > >>>>>Alex.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Alexander Kandzior
> > >>>>>Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts http://www.alkacon.com
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>-----Original Message-----
> > >>>>>>From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
> > >>>>>>[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>Erik-Jan Spaans
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:59 PM
> > >>>>>>To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
> > >>>>>>Subject: [opencms-dev] Configuration problems after changing
> > >>>>>>loggingconfiguration
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>Hi All,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>After installation of OpenCMS 6 beta 1 (what a smooth
> > installation
> > >>>>>>procedure!) on Tomcat 5.0.24. my OpenCMS instance worked
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>just fine.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>>Now I changed the opencms.properties file as follows ...
> > >>>>>>old:
> > >>>>>>log.log4j.configuration=this
> > >>>>>>new:
> > >>>>>>log.log4j.configuration=
> > >>>>>>...
> > >>>>>>So I left it blank, as the documentation suggests, to
> > be able to
> > >>>>>>configure log4j elsewhere (in common/classes to be precise).
> > >>>>>>As a result (apparently), the OpenCMSServlet fails to
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>startup. When
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>>accessing a resource, e.g.
> > >>>>>>http://localhost:8080/opencms/opencms, an HTTP Status 500 error
> > >>>>>>message is shown, reading: "OpenCms not properly configured".
> > >>>>>>When accessing another resource in the opencms webapp, e.g.
> > >>>>>>http://localhost:8080/opencms/setup, the setup wizard
> > shows up as
> > >>>>>>expected. So the webapplication is more or less deployed
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>OK, only the
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>OpenCmsServlet is not.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>Anybody any idea wether my change could cause the
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>OpenCmsServlet not
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>to start up as it should? I looked into the source and saw that
> > >>>>>>parsing the properties file (and of course the logging
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>properties in
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>there) plays an important role in initing the
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>OpenCmsServlet, so sth.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>might go wrong there....
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>Best regards,
> > >>>>>>EJ
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
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