Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

hi!

i got a quite mysterious problem. here is what happens:

- i start NetBeans 5.5.1 (the first time)
- i want to debug my JSF-Project, the Debugger starts
- After a few seconds the debugger waits for tomcat (it sais: "Waiting for Tomcat...") and tomcat starts
- Again after a few seconds the tomcat-debugger-output sais "Tomcat startet in 3333 ms".

okay.
when i enter http://localhost:8084/ in my browser i get the tomcat homepage, so the server has definitely started! But nothing happens in NetBeans and nothing happens with my project....
In the lower-right corner i see this blue working-bar that sais "deploying project" but nothing happens. The Project-Debugger-Output still sais "Waiting for Tomcat..." but nothing happens...
And after something around 3 minutes (i guess it's a timeout) i get the error "Starting of Tomcat failed." But is HAS started, i can login to the Administration-Area in my browser!

so i guess there is a communication problem between netbeans an tomcat. Netbeans waits for a message from tomcat but tomcat doesn't send it..or netbeans doesn't understand it.

But the story goes on:
When i press the debug-button a second time it takes only a few seconds till i get the message: "Tomcat server port 8084 already in use". OF COURSE! Because Tomcat has already startet and can't be stoped by NetBeans.

i'm trying to solve this problem for 4 days now, so i would be very happy if anyone has an idea where to start/continue the search...

thanks,
flo.


some system-info:
- windows vista business 32-bit
- no firewall is running
- AntiVir Personal Edition IS running
- Yahoo Widgets Engine IS running
- no other software is running



and finally the tomcat-log:
Using CATALINA_BASE: C:\Users\Administrator\.netbeans\5.5.1\apache-tomcat-5.5.17_base
Using CATALINA_HOME: C:\Program Files\NetBeans\enterprise3\apache-tomcat-5.5.17
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: C:\Users\Administrator\.netbeans\5.5.1\apache-tomcat-5.5.17_base\temp
Using JRE_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12
Listening for transport dt_shmem at address: tomcat_shared_memory_id
21.09.2007 18:27:50 org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent
INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12\bin;.;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Teleca Shared;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin;C:\Program Files\cvsnt;
21.09.2007 18:27:50 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8084
21.09.2007 18:27:50 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 1862 ms
21.09.2007 18:27:50 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
21.09.2007 18:27:50 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.17
21.09.2007 18:27:50 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start
INFO: XML validation disabled
21.09.2007 18:27:53 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8084
21.09.2007 18:27:54 org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
21.09.2007 18:27:54 org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/31 config=null
21.09.2007 18:27:54 org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader load
INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource
21.09.2007 18:27:54 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 3626 ms