[opencms-dev] Newbie install problem, Exception 500

[Joe Vigil]

Here's my environment:
OpenCMS 6.2.2
JDK version 1.5.0_09
Linux (Ubuntu) 2.6.17-10-server
Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat 5.5.20 (standalone)

Here's the problem:
Upon completion of the set wizard, I get a pop-up window with a HTTP 
Status 500 exception:
HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented 
it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.opencms.main.CmsInitException: Critical error during OpenCms 
initialization: Unable to read the OpenCms XML configuration.
  org.opencms.main.OpenCmsCore.getInstance(OpenCmsCore.java:269)
  org.opencms.main.OpenCmsServlet.doGet(OpenCmsServlet.java:127)
  javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
  javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache 
Tomcat/5.5.20 logs.
Apache Tomcat/5.5.20

Any ideas?

- Joe Vigil

P.S. Here's the opencms.log entry:
20 Nov 2006 14:39:58,549 ERROR [ina.core.ApplicationDispatcher: 712] 
Servlet.service() for servlet OpenCmsServletErrorHandler threw exception
org.opencms.main.CmsInitException: Critical error during OpenCms 
initialization:
  Unable to read the OpenCms XML configuration.
         at org.opencms.main.OpenCmsCore.getInstance(OpenCmsCore.java:269)
         at 
org.opencms.main.OpenCmsServletErrorHandler.doGet(OpenCmsServletError
Handler.java:79)
         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:465)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:363)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.status(StandardHostValve.java:284)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.throwable(StandardHostValve.java:228)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:134)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
         at 
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
         at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
         at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
         at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)