Starting web client after installation

[ritz]

I'm a newbie to Alfresco (and not very technical). I've just installed Alfresco (including the WCM module) on my XP machine, which seemed to go through without any clitches. I tried to start the Alfresco server and wasn't able to start the web client (404 error).
Any help would be much appreciated. The below is what was written in the alfresco.log

09:28:52,319 ERROR [org.apache.myfaces.util.LocaleUtils] Locale name null or empty, ignoring
09:28:52,665 FATAL [org.apache.myfaces.webapp.webxml.WebXmlParser] Unable to parse web.xml
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: jaxp-null-input-source: The source specified cannot be null.
   at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:279)
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.webxml.WebXmlParser.parse(WebXmlParser.java:89)
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.webxml.WebXml.init(WebXml.java:135)
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener.initFaces(StartupServletContextListener.java:66)
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener.contextInitialized(StartupServletContextListener.java:46)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3763)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4211)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
   at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
   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.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)
09:28:52,712 ERROR [org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener] Error initializing ServletContext
javax.faces.FacesException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: jaxp-null-input-source: The source specified cannot be null.
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.webxml.WebXmlParser.parse(WebXmlParser.java:105)
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.webxml.WebXml.init(WebXml.java:135)
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener.initFaces(StartupServletContextListener.java:66)
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener.contextInitialized(StartupServletContextListener.java:46)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3763)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4211)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:809)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:698)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1122)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:310)
   at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1021)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:718)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1013)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:442)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:450)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:709)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:551)
   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.start(Bootstrap.java:294)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:432)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: jaxp-null-input-source: The source specified cannot be null.
   at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:279)
   at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.webxml.WebXmlParser.parse(WebXmlParser.java:89)
   … 27 more

[mikeh]

Hmm… that looks like a fundamental Tomcat install problem.

Can you remember exactly what steps you went through to install Alfresco? How are you running it?

Thanks,
Mike

[ritz]

I downloaded the zip file to my D:\ drive and installed the below in order to my d:\ drive.
1. AlfrescoEnterprise-2.0.0-Setup.exe (typical intsall)
2. AlfrescoWCMEnterprise-2.0.0-Setup.exe

I started the server by going to Start>Programs>Alfresco EMS Enterprise Network>Start Alfresco Server

Then I tried to open the web client and got a 404 error.

Thanks,
Ritz.

[mikeh]

Hi,

I've just done exactly the same steps on a blank XP SP2 and it all worked fine.

I can only assume that either you've got an old Java runtime on the path, or perhaps Tomcat doesn't like the folder you installed into. Did your installation folder contain spaces at all? If so, could you try installing into D:\Alfresco and try again?

Thanks,
Mike