On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 09:48 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > >From: fedora-devel-java-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:fedora-devel-java-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gary > >Benson > >Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:12 AM > >To: Fedora Java Development List (E-mail) > >Subject: Re: [fedora-java] Eclipse and Tomcat - where? > > > > > >Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > >> Hi Folks, > >> > >> I finally am ready to test by application on Fedora using Eclipse > >> and I am at the point where I am trying to run my web-application > >> using Tomcat. > >> > >> Of course, the Tomcat dialog box pops up and asks where the > >> Tomcat installation directory is.... ugh.... I have NO CLUE! > >> > >> On windows, Tomcat is installed by Eclipse so I dont have to > >> figure this out.... but on Fedora, seems like I do. > >> > >> Can someone tell me what to do? > > > >Well, I don't know what dialog box this is, but on Fedora the Tomcat > >installation directory (CATALINA_HOME) is /usr/share/tomcat5/. > > > >Cheers, > >Gary > > > > Hmmm.. ok, so I have that - but this did not help. > > The specific dialog box appears when you attempt to run the > web-application project (RunAs->Run on Server) and you > are then to choose the application server (tomcat 4,5,5.5) > and provide the tomcat installation directory otherwise > you cannot run the application. I entered the pathname of > /usr/share/tomcat5 and it does not allow me to continue. > I tried different tomcat versions (5.0, 5.5) and neither > worked. > > So- I am stuck - and cannot even get my application to run > at this time. Any ideas? Is it trying to launch tomcat itself? That won't work as it's supposed to run as root (or the tomcat user or whatever). Andrew
