[bdeverea]

I’m encountering a very strange problem using MyEclipse and Tomcat 5 on Mac OS X…

When deploying a project through MyEclipse my browser cannot locate the directory (/commerce) and get a 404 error. However, if I stop Tomcat and then start it from the command line, I am then able to see the directory in the browser without issue.

The deployment seems to be working properly with all files being accounted for, however I think the problem lies in my MyEclipse settings somewhere.

One thing should be noted: I am getting an error on the startup of Tomcat through MyEclipse:

SEVERE: The scratchDir you specified: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.30/work/Catalina/localhost/webdav is unusable.

I’m new to Java and MyEclipse so any guidance or advice is greatly appreciated.

[Riyad Kalla]

bdeverea,
Just a few questions to help us:

1) What version of MyEclipse are you using?
2) What version of Eclipse?
3) What is your deployment path for your deployment?
4) Are you using exploded or packaged deployment?
5) What is the context root name of your project?
6) What is the URL you are attempting to use to access your project?

[bdeverea]

1) What version of MyEclipse are you using?

Version 3.8.2

2) What version of Eclipse?

Version 3.0.1

3) What is your deployment path for your deployment?

/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.30/webapps/commerce

4) Are you using exploded or packaged deployment?

Expanded

5) What is the context root name of your project?

Web-root folder: /WebRoot
Web Context-root: /commerce

6) What is the URL you are attempting to use to access your project?

http://localhost:8080/commerce/

Thanks for looking into this for me. As I mentioned, the URL works if I start Tomcat via the command line, but not if I try it through MyEclipse

[Scott Anderson]

/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.30/work/Catalina/localhost/webdav is unusable.

Could be a permission problem in that the user running MyEclipse and hence Tomcat can’t write to the directory indicated.

[Riyad Kalla]

Hrrmm… when you “start Tomcat from the command line” are you starting it as a different user? Does it run as a system service or something, or is this all software you have installed under your user account and you are run doing “./startup”?

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