[GeoNetwork-users] GeoNetwork startup problem take 2

John_Reid · July 26, 2005, 2:19am

Dear all,

I managed to solve the following error by hacking
/usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml:

Apache Tomcat/4.1
24/07/2005 15:17:33 org.apache.commons.digester.Digester error
SEVERE: Parse Error at line 2 column 219: Document root element
"web-app", must match DOCTYPE root "null".
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Document root element "web-app", must
match DOCTYPE root "null".

However I'm still getting the errors below. I have also included a copy of my modified /usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml file. The only other change I have made to the installation is to change ownership of the geonetwork files to the tomcat user.

I'm a little confused. I can't find any reference in /usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml or /etc/tomcat4/server.xml to any geonetwork .jar or class. Is there a configuration step that I am missing? Or does Tomcat or the jeeves servlet referenced in web.xml magically know to start geonetwork?

Any help much appreciated.

cheers,
John

================================================

/usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">

<web-app>

        <display-name>GeoNetwork OpenSource Metadata Tool</display-name>
        <description>
                A Spatial data metadata portal website that implements the International
                Standard for Geographic Metadata (ISO19115) and (very soon!) the OpenGIS
                Web Catalog Service standard for distributed database search.

                Using the application, you can quickly set up a metadata portal that allows
                online maintenance of metadata and data for internal use on an intranet and/or
                publication on the internet.

                GeoNetwork OpenSource is developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization
                of the United Nations (FAO-UN) and the World Food Programme (WFP-UN) in a
                joined effort to provide easy access to spatial databases and enhance data
                sharing between different parties.

    For more information please see http://geonetwork.fao.org/
        </description>
        <context-param>
                <param-name>Webmaster</param-name>
                <param-value>webmaster@anonymised.com</param-value>
        </context-param>

        <servlet>
                <servlet-name>mainServlet</servlet-name>
                <description>
                        I have no idea what this servlet does!
                </description>

<servlet-class>jeeves.server.sources.http.JeevesServlet</servlet-class>

                <init-param>
                        <param-name>systemLog</param-name>
                        <param-value>log/geonetwork.log</param-value>
                </init-param>

                <init-param>
                        <param-name>moduleLog</param-name>
                        <param-value>log/modules.log</param-value>
                </init-param>

<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

        <servlet-mapping>
                <servlet-name>mainServlet</servlet-name>
                <url-pattern>/srv/*</url-pattern>
        </servlet-mapping>

<session-config>
                
                <session-timeout>180</session-timeout>
        </session-config>

  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>

</web-app>

================================================
From catalina_2005-07-26.log:

<snip>
26/07/2005 11:48:15 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8180
Starting service Tomcat-Standalone
Apache Tomcat/4.1
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at jeeves.server.JeevesEngine.log(JeevesEngine.java:541)
        at jeeves.server.JeevesEngine.init(JeevesEngine.java:122)
        at
jeeves.server.sources.http.JeevesServlet.init(JeevesServlet.java:47)
        at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:888)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:776)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3363)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3586)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)
</snip>

=================================================
From localhost_2005-07-26.log:

<snip>
2005-07-26 11:48:17 mainServlet: init
2005-07-26 11:48:17 StandardContext[/geonetwork]: Servlet /geonetwork
threw load() exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Exception raised
        at
jeeves.server.sources.http.JeevesServlet.init(JeevesServlet.java:52)
        at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:888)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:776)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3363)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3586)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)
----- Root Cause -----
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at jeeves.server.JeevesEngine.log(JeevesEngine.java:541)
        at jeeves.server.JeevesEngine.init(JeevesEngine.java:122)
        at
jeeves.server.sources.http.JeevesServlet.init(JeevesServlet.java:47)
        at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:888)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:776)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3363)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3586)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)

2005-07-26 11:48:17 StandardWrapper[/geonetwork:default]: Loading
container servlet default
2005-07-26 11:48:17 default: init
2005-07-26 11:48:17 StandardWrapper[/geonetwork:invoker]: Loading
container servlet invoker
2005-07-26 11:48:17 invoker: init
2005-07-26 11:48:17 jsp: init
</snip>

Francois_Prunayre · July 26, 2005, 9:58am

Hi list, when using "validate" to check the XML file, I get an exception
about not finding Xerces ... I have to add Xerces libs manually to WEB-INF
directory.
Is it the way we have to do ?

Using Geonetwork Beta2 / MySQL / Tomcat 5 / Win XP

Thanks.

Francois

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Andrea_Carboni1 · July 26, 2005, 11:00am

Alle 04:19, martedì 26 luglio 2005, John Reid ha scritto:

Dear all,

I managed to solve the following error by hacking
/usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml:

Apache Tomcat/4.1
24/07/2005 15:17:33 org.apache.commons.digester.Digester error
SEVERE: Parse Error at line 2 column 219: Document root element
"web-app", must match DOCTYPE root "null".
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Document root element "web-app", must
match DOCTYPE root "null".

However I'm still getting the errors below. I have also included a copy of my modified /usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml file. The only other change I have made to the installation is to change ownership of the geonetwork files to the tomcat user.

I'm a little confused. I can't find any reference in /usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml or /etc/tomcat4/server.xml to any geonetwork .jar or class. Is there a configuration step that I am missing? Or does Tomcat or the jeeves servlet referenced in web.xml magically know to start geonetwork?

Any help much appreciated.

cheers,
John

Your configuration is mismatched. The "display-name" element should be the name
of the servlet as you see it in the address bar (typically is "geonetwork"). This value
is replaced by the installer so I believe that you didn't execute it. The jeeves error
is strange because it is raised at a line/method that actually don't exist into the last
source code and probably it refers to a previous version.

When you change the server.xml file, you tell tomcat where to find the WEB-INF
directory and there is the web.xml file with the class to load. Tomcat finds the jars
to execute inside the lib directory of your webapp.

Cheers,
Andrea

================================================

/usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
        "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">

<web-app>

        <display-name>GeoNetwork OpenSource Metadata Tool</display-name>
        <description>
                A Spatial data metadata portal website that implements the International
                Standard for Geographic Metadata (ISO19115) and (very soon!) the OpenGIS
                Web Catalog Service standard for distributed database search.

                Using the application, you can quickly set up a metadata portal that allows
                online maintenance of metadata and data for internal use on an intranet and/or
                publication on the internet.

                GeoNetwork OpenSource is developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization
                of the United Nations (FAO-UN) and the World Food Programme (WFP-UN) in a
                joined effort to provide easy access to spatial databases and enhance data
                sharing between different parties.

    For more information please see http://geonetwork.fao.org/
        </description>
        <context-param>
                <param-name>Webmaster</param-name>
                <param-value>webmaster@anonymised.com</param-value>
        </context-param>

        <servlet>
                <servlet-name>mainServlet</servlet-name>
                <description>
                        I have no idea what this servlet does!
                </description>

                <servlet-class>jeeves.server.sources.http.JeevesServlet</servlet-class>

                <init-param>
                        <param-name>systemLog</param-name>
                        <param-value>log/geonetwork.log</param-value>
                </init-param>

                <init-param>
                        <param-name>moduleLog</param-name>
                        <param-value>log/modules.log</param-value>
                </init-param>

                <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
        </servlet>

        <servlet-mapping>
                <servlet-name>mainServlet</servlet-name>
                <url-pattern>/srv/*</url-pattern>
        </servlet-mapping>

        <session-config>
                
                <session-timeout>180</session-timeout>
        </session-config>

  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>

</web-app>

================================================
From catalina_2005-07-26.log:

<snip>
26/07/2005 11:48:15 org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8180
Starting service Tomcat-Standalone
Apache Tomcat/4.1
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at jeeves.server.JeevesEngine.log(JeevesEngine.java:541)
        at jeeves.server.JeevesEngine.init(JeevesEngine.java:122)
        at
jeeves.server.sources.http.JeevesServlet.init(JeevesServlet.java:47)
        at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:888)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:776)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3363)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3586)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)
</snip>

=================================================
From localhost_2005-07-26.log:

<snip>
2005-07-26 11:48:17 mainServlet: init
2005-07-26 11:48:17 StandardContext[/geonetwork]: Servlet /geonetwork
threw load() exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Exception raised
        at
jeeves.server.sources.http.JeevesServlet.init(JeevesServlet.java:52)
        at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:888)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:776)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3363)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3586)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)
----- Root Cause -----
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at jeeves.server.JeevesEngine.log(JeevesEngine.java:541)
        at jeeves.server.JeevesEngine.init(JeevesEngine.java:122)
        at
jeeves.server.sources.http.JeevesServlet.init(JeevesServlet.java:47)
        at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:258)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:888)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:776)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3363)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3586)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:707)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1141)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:316)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2143)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:463)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:350)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:129)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)

2005-07-26 11:48:17 StandardWrapper[/geonetwork:default]: Loading
container servlet default
2005-07-26 11:48:17 default: init
2005-07-26 11:48:17 StandardWrapper[/geonetwork:invoker]: Loading
container servlet invoker
2005-07-26 11:48:17 invoker: init
2005-07-26 11:48:17 jsp: init
</snip>

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Andrea_Carboni1 · July 26, 2005, 11:05am

Alle 11:58, martedì 26 luglio 2005, François Prunayre ha scritto:

Hi list, when using "validate" to check the XML file, I get an exception
about not finding Xerces ... I have to add Xerces libs manually to WEB-INF
directory.
Is it the way we have to do ?

Using Geonetwork Beta2 / MySQL / Tomcat 5 / Win XP

Thanks.

Are you using java 1.4 ? If not, you have to manually add xerces into the
lib directory.

Anyway, keep in mind that the "validate" option needs some fixes.

Cheers,
Andrea

Francois_Prunayre · July 26, 2005, 2:23pm

I'm using Java\jdk1.5.0_04.

When doing import from XML, Version 1 always validates files ? V2 doesn't
...
Thanks
Francois

-----Message d'origine-----
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Objet : Re: [GeoNetwork-users] Validate XML

Alle 11:58, martedì 26 luglio 2005, François Prunayre ha scritto:

Hi list, when using "validate" to check the XML file, I get an
exception about not finding Xerces ... I have to add Xerces libs
manually to WEB-INF directory.
Is it the way we have to do ?

Using Geonetwork Beta2 / MySQL / Tomcat 5 / Win XP

Thanks.

Are you using java 1.4 ? If not, you have to manually add xerces into the
lib directory.

Anyway, keep in mind that the "validate" option needs some fixes.

Cheers,
Andrea

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Andrea_Carboni1 · July 27, 2005, 12:42pm

Alle 02:34, mercoledì 27 luglio 2005, hai scritto:

Andrea Carboni wrote:

>Alle 04:19, martedì 26 luglio 2005, John Reid ha scritto:
>
>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I managed to solve the following error by hacking
>>/usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml:
>>
>>Apache Tomcat/4.1
>>24/07/2005 15:17:33 org.apache.commons.digester.Digester error
>>SEVERE: Parse Error at line 2 column 219: Document root element
>>"web-app", must match DOCTYPE root "null".
>>org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Document root element "web-app", must
>>match DOCTYPE root "null".
>>
>>However I'm still getting the errors below. I have also included a copy of my modified /usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml file. The only other change I have made to the installation is to change ownership of the geonetwork files to the tomcat user.
>>
>>I'm a little confused. I can't find any reference in /usr/local/geonetwork/web/WEB-INF/web.xml or /etc/tomcat4/server.xml to any geonetwork .jar or class. Is there a configuration step that I am missing? Or does Tomcat or the jeeves servlet referenced in web.xml magically know to start geonetwork?
>>
>>Any help much appreciated.
>>
>>cheers,
>>John
>>
>>
>
>Your configuration is mismatched. The "display-name" element should be the name
>of the servlet as you see it in the address bar (typically is "geonetwork"). This value
>is replaced by the installer so I believe that you didn't execute it. The jeeves error
>is strange because it is raised at a line/method that actually don't exist into the last
>source code and probably it refers to a previous version.
>
>When you change the server.xml file, you tell tomcat where to find the WEB-INF
>directory and there is the web.xml file with the class to load. Tomcat finds the jars
>to execute inside the lib directory of your webapp.
>
>Cheers,
>Andrea
>
>
>
Thanks Andrea. It turns out that the "SEVERE: Parse Error at line 2
column 219: Document root element" configuration was a red herring and
the configuration file was not the issue (although I still get that
error). I now have geonetwork loading using the configuration file
created by the installer.

It looks like the main cause of my problems was with the java security
settings used by tomcat (set in ${CATALINA_HOME}/conf/catalina.policy).
I'm still getting a number of exceptions logged, and I can't yet log
into the webapp, so I'll investigate further over the next couple of
days. It might help me work out what is going on if someone could
please send me a copy of their catalina.policy and
catalina_2005-xx-xx.log files.

My catalina_2005-xx is empty, I sent you only the former file.

I'm still confused by the startup process - WEB-INF/web.xml references a
jeeves class. How does jeeves then know to load the geonetwork app?

Cheers,
John

When jeeves starts, it loads the WEB-INF/config.xml file where all services
are described. Each service is a geonetwork class that gets dinamically loaded
and created.

Cheers,
Andrea

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John_Reid · July 28, 2005, 5:03am

It turns out that the cause of my problems was that Debian ships with
the Tomcat java security manager turned on by default, preventing acess
to the file system outside the geonetwork/web directory. When I turn it
off, GeoNetwork loads.

I'm guessing that other working installations must not be using the
security manager, otherwise jeeves would cause the errors I was
experiencing when initialising logging. I will try to determine exactly
which permissions are required for GeoNetwork to work with security
turned on sometime soon.

I now experience the following problems:
* Under "New Metadata" I receive the following error:
Dispatching : metadata.add.form
2005-07-28 11:43:24 | -> no input parameters
2005-07-28 11:43:24 | Raised exception while executing service
<error id="service-not-found">
  <exception>
    <message>Service not found : metadata.add.form</message>
    <string>jeeves.server.JeevesException: Service not found :
metadata.add.form</string>
    <stack>jeeves.server.JeevesException: Service not found :
metadata.add.form
        at
jeeves.server.dispatchers.ServiceManager.dispatch(ServiceManager.java:296)
<snip/>

* I am unable to view existing metadata:
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | Dispatching : metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | -> parameters are :
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | currTab = simple
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | id = 11
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | -> dispatching to output for : metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | -> transforming with stylesheet :
/usr/local/geonetwork/web/xsl/metadata-show.xsl
ERROR: 'file:///usr/local/geonetwork/web/xsl/metadata.xsl: line 359: At
least one <xsl:when> element required in <xsl:choose>.'
FATAL ERROR: 'Could not compile stylesheet'
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> exception during transformation for :
metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> (C) message is : Could not compile stylesheet
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> end transformation for : metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> output ended for : metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> dispatch ended for : metadata.show

Any ideas?

cheers,
John

Francois_Prunayre · July 28, 2005, 5:56am

For your second question, I commented out the choose tags on line 359
      
          <input class="md" type="text"
name="_{geonet:element/@ref}" value="{text()}" size="50" />

For the first one, I think there's no current support for add metadata from
nothing. You've to use "Duplicate" functionnality or import from XML.

HTH.
Francois

-----Message d'origine-----
De : geonetwork-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:geonetwork-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] De la part de John
Reid
Envoyé : jeudi 28 juillet 2005 07:03
À : GeoNetwork Users
Objet : [GeoNetwork-users] GeoNetwork startup problem almost solved

It turns out that the cause of my problems was that Debian ships with the
Tomcat java security manager turned on by default, preventing acess to the
file system outside the geonetwork/web directory. When I turn it off,
GeoNetwork loads.

I'm guessing that other working installations must not be using the security
manager, otherwise jeeves would cause the errors I was experiencing when
initialising logging. I will try to determine exactly which permissions are
required for GeoNetwork to work with security turned on sometime soon.

I now experience the following problems:
* Under "New Metadata" I receive the following error:
Dispatching : metadata.add.form
2005-07-28 11:43:24 | -> no input parameters
2005-07-28 11:43:24 | Raised exception while executing service <error
id="service-not-found">
  <exception>
    <message>Service not found : metadata.add.form</message>
    <string>jeeves.server.JeevesException: Service not found :
metadata.add.form</string>
    <stack>jeeves.server.JeevesException: Service not found :
metadata.add.form
        at
jeeves.server.dispatchers.ServiceManager.dispatch(ServiceManager.java:296)
<snip/>

* I am unable to view existing metadata:
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | Dispatching : metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | -> parameters are :
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | currTab = simple
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | id = 11
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | -> dispatching to output for : metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:44:59 | -> transforming with stylesheet :
/usr/local/geonetwork/web/xsl/metadata-show.xsl
ERROR: 'file:///usr/local/geonetwork/web/xsl/metadata.xsl: line 359: At
least one <xsl:when> element required in <xsl:choose>.'
FATAL ERROR: 'Could not compile stylesheet'
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> exception during transformation for :
metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> (C) message is : Could not compile stylesheet
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> end transformation for : metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> output ended for : metadata.show
2005-07-28 11:45:00 | -> dispatch ended for : metadata.show

Any ideas?

cheers,
John

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Jorge_Piera1 · August 8, 2005, 12:04pm

Hi guys,

I've installed Geonetwork (versions 1.2.1 and 2.0.0 Beta 1) on my computer and I've observed that both have different behaviour. I don't know if this behaviour is normal or I'm doing something wrong. These are the differences I've found between them:

· Using Geonetwork 2.0.0, I can't retrieve metadata using an standard z39.50 client (http://clearinghouse4.fgdc.gov/ftp/), but Geonetwork 1.2.1 allows it. Is the z39.50 interface fully implemented in Geonetwork 2.0? If the answer of this question is “yes”, Does this interface implement the z39.50 standard protocol?

· Both (1.2.1 and 2.0) allow to import metadata from a file. If the online resource is a WMS , Geonetwork 2.0 doesn't allow show it using Intermap. I can see the resource, but the link does't appear. I need an additional configuration to configure Intermap? In Geonetwork 1.2.1 is not necessary.

· I can't see the thumbnails using Geonetwork 2.0. There isn't a button/link to choose the image from a local path and writing a image path on the “graph overview->file name” field doesn't work. It's possible to load an image from a file?

Thank you!

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