Re: AW: AW: Windows Installation: System error

Felix,

We really should have a .zip version out. It's not hard and we do it for 
Pro. Especially if it's causing problems, we'll get it taken care of.  
I've added doing this to the todo list: 
http://bugs.urbancode.com/secure/ViewIssue.jspa?key=ANTHILLOS-258

Thanks,
Eric

Felix Kollmann wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I can't believe it. It was an error with the extraction program. I was able to reproduce it using two different applications. Finally 7zip did the job. Perhaps it would be nice to provide a zipped version too, in the future.
>
>Thanks for help!
>
>cu
>Felix
>
>
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: anthill-bounces-IWHQxnLZ/[email protected] [mailto:anthill-bounces-IWHQxnLZ/[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Eric Minick
>Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Mai 2006 03:00
>An: Anthill user list
>Betreff: Re: AW: [Anthill] Windows Installation: System error
>
>Felix,
>
>There should be a fully populated anthill.registry in the downloadable 
>zip file anthill is distributed in. I would start by taking that one.
>
>-- Eric
>
>Felix Kollmann wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>the .war file is in place - I used the web interface to install anthill.
>>
>>@Eric: 1) the file is empty 2) unfortunately there is no difference
>>
>>cu
>>Felix
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>Von: Res Pons [mailto:[email protected]] 
>>
>>I don't know how important this is: Also don't forget to drop anthill.war 
>>under tomcat/webapps/
>>
>>----Original Message Follows----
>>From: Eric Minick <[email protected]>
>>
>>Felix,
>>
>>I am not sure what the problem is, but I do have two questions to get 
>>started with.
>>1) Could you share the contents of the file: 
>>w:\anthill\projects\anthill.registry?
>>2) Is Tomcat running as a service? If so, do you have the same problem when 
>>running tomcat from the batch files?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Eric
>>
>>Felix Kollmann wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I installed Anthill v1.8.3 on a Tomcat 5.5 on Win2k3 Server system. When 
>>>opening the Anthill page the request for entering the Anthill home 
>>>directory comes up. After entering the correct path I receive a page 
>>>containing nothing more than "System error" and a back-link.
>>>
>>>I have been able to reproduce the problem even on a Tomcat 4.1 . The 
>>>property file exists and does correctly contain the path: w\:\\anthill .
>>>
>>>Anybody had the same problem and solved it?
>>>
>>>Kind Regards
>>>Felix
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>BTW: The stdout logs show the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>Anthill: looking for file: C:\Dokumente und 
>>>Einstellungen\Administrator\.anthill.anthill.properties
>>>Anthill root dir: w:\anthill
>>>java.lang.NullPointerException
>>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.AnthillConfig.<init>(AnthillConfig.java:73)
>>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.initialize(Anthill.java:466)
>>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.<init>(Anthill.java:150)
>>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.getAnthill(Anthill.java:111)
>>>	at 
>>>com.urbancode.anthill.web.admin.AnthillBaseServlet.processRequest0(AnthillBaseServlet.java:93)
>>>	at 
>>>com.urbancode.anthill.web.admin.AnthillBaseServlet.doGet(AnthillBaseServlet.java:114)
>>>	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.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
>>>	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.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:831)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:639)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1196)
>>>	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
>>>16:46:48:875 [http-80-1] ERROR 
>>>org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/anthill].[jsp] 
>>>- Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
>>>java.lang.Exception: ANTHILL singleton construction error.
>>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.<init>(Anthill.java:133)
>>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.getAnthill(Anthill.java:104)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.jsp.style.anthillStyle_jsp._jspService(anthillStyle_jsp.java:46)
>>>	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
>>>	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:332)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
>>>	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
>>>	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.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
>>>	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.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:831)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:639)
>>>	at 
>>>org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1196)
>>>	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
>>>
>>>
>>>
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