root@spacewalk tomcat5]# more catalina.out.orig Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/share/tomcat5 Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat5 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat5/temp Using JRE_HOME: Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM 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: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/server:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/am d64:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/../lib/amd64:/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client64/lib:/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/li b:/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-127.0.0.1-8080 Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization processed in 488 ms Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start INFO: Starting service Catalina Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.23 Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start INFO: XML validation disabled Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor WARNING: A docBase /var/lib/tomcat5/webapps/rhn inside the host appBase has been specified, and will be ignored Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase addChildInternal SEVERE: ContainerBase.addChild: start: LifecycleException: Error initializaing : java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3986) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:760) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:634) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:496) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1193) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:319) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1022) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:448) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) Jun 2, 2011 7:50:45 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor SEVERE: Error deploying configuration descriptor rhn.xml java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: LifecycleException: Error initializaing : java.lang.NullPointerExc eption at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:764) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:740) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:544) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:634) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:561) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:496) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1193) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:319) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:120) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1022) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:736) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1014) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:448) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:700) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:552) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:295) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:433) Jun 2, 2011 7:50:49 PM com.mchange.v2.log.MLog INFO: MLog clients using java 1.4+ standard logging. Jun 2, 2011 7:50:49 PM com.mchange.v2.c3p0.C3P0Registry banner INFO: Initializing c3p0-0.9.0 [built 13-July-2007 10:11:26 -0400; debug? false; trace: 5] Jun 2, 2011 7:50:49 PM com.mchange.v2.c3p0.PoolBackedDataSource getPoolManager INFO: Initializing c3p0 pool... com.mchange.v2.c3p0.PoolBackedDataSource@1436ae83 [ connectionPoolDataSource -> com.mchange.v2.c3p0. WrapperConnectionPoolDataSource@1b50f0a7 [ acquireIncrement -> 3, acquireRetryAttempts -> 30, acquireRetryDelay -> 1000, autoCommitO nClose -> false, automaticTestTable -> null, breakAfterAcquireFailure -> false, checkoutTimeout -> 0, connectionTesterClassName -> c om.mchange.v2.c3p0.impl.DefaultConnectionTester, factoryClassLocation -> null, forceIgnoreUnresolvedTransactions -> false, identityT oken -> 1b50f0a7, idleConnectionTestPeriod -> 300, initialPoolSize -> 5, maxIdleTime -> 300, maxPoolSize -> 20, maxStatements -> 0, maxStatementsPerConnection -> 0, minPoolSize -> 5, nestedDataSource -> com.mchange.v2.c3p0.DriverManagerDataSource@20ca5bff [ descri ption -> null, driverClass -> null, factoryClassLocation -> null, identityToken -> 20ca5bff, jdbcUrl -> jdbc:oracle:oci:@XE, propert ies -> {user=******, password=******, driver_proto=jdbc:oracle:oci} ], preferredTestQuery -> null, propertyCycle -> 300, testConnect ionOnCheckin -> false, testConnectionOnCheckout -> false, usesTraditionalReflectiveProxies -> false ], factoryClassLocation -> null, identityToken -> 1436ae83, numHelperThreads -> 3 ] Jun 2, 2011 7:51:19 PM com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool$AcquireTask run WARNING: com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool$AcquireTask@57398cac -- Acquisition Attempt Failed!!! Clearing pending acquir es. While trying to acquire a needed new resource, we failed to succeed more than the maximum number of allowed acquisition attempts (30). 2011-06-02 19:51:19,391 [main] WARN org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory - Could not obtain connection metadata java.sql.SQLException: Connections could not be acquired from the underlying database! at com.mchange.v2.sql.SqlUtils.toSQLException(SqlUtils.java:104) at com.mchange.v2.c3p0.impl.C3P0PooledConnectionPool.checkoutPooledConnection(C3P0PooledConnectionPool.java:236) at com.mchange.v2.c3p0.PoolBackedDataSource.getConnection(PoolBackedDataSource.java:94) at org.hibernate.connection.C3P0ConnectionProvider.getConnection(C3P0ConnectionProvider.java:56) at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.buildSettings(SettingsFactory.java:84) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettings(Configuration.java:2009) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1292) at com.redhat.rhn.common.hibernate.ConnectionManager.createSessionFactory(ConnectionManager.java:222) at com.redhat.rhn.common.hibernate.ConnectionManager.initialize(ConnectionManager.java:132) at com.redhat.rhn.common.hibernate.HibernateFactory.createSessionFactory(HibernateFactory.java:94) at com.redhat.rhn.webapp.RhnServletListener.startHibernate(RhnServletListener.java:89)