Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:34:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Heath Volmer <hvolmer@tallbob.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is Java/Tomcat on FBSD practical? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0311051231470.26055@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <002b01c3a32f$87451db0$6601a8c0@NB2> References: <002b01c3a32f$87451db0$6601a8c0@NB2>
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Heath Volmer wrote: > Hi. I'm new to FreeBSD, my previous -nix experience coming from OSX and > Debian/Suse linux. I've been generally very happy with the performance > and relative ease of setup on my 4.8 system. > > My biggest problem has been Java. I've done the diablo 1.3 package and > java seemed to work (java -v), but when I install Tomcat it won't start. > I've done the same install on mac and windows with no problem. The > stack trace is completely alien to me and I can try to get it if it > would help. > > I'm basically wondering if running Tomcat or any other java on this > machine is realistic or not. > > Thanks, Heath Check on how up-to-date your system is. There were fixes that went into the base system post 4.8-R which are probably relevant. FWIW I've got tomcat running happily under the 1.3 and the 1.4 native ports on a -stable freebsd. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ (Things I've found in my attic, #2: A hundredweight of pornography.)
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