[bradm]

Suddenly, every attempt to start Tomcat from within MyEclipse bails. I can start the server externally and it does its job, but MyEclipse is having a hell of a time with it. The error Tomcat returns (in the MyEclipse Debug window, which suddenly appears next to the Console tab) is:

Thread [main] (Suspended (exception FileNotFoundException))
URLClassPath$JarLoader.getJarFile(URL) line: 577
URLClassPath$JarLoader.<init> (URL,URLStreamHandler, HashMap) Line: 546
….

Any ideas? (Eclipse 3.1M4; MyEclipse 3.8.4; Tomcat 5.5.7)

[Riyad Kalla]

It’s not bailing, it is just stopping at a ghost breakpoint (I’ve had this happen as well as a few other users), it is really weird. The Eclipse debugger things there are break points or just stops on the exceptions on startup.

Do this:
1) Shut down Tomcat
2) Switch to debug persecptive
3) Click on “Break points” Tab, right click > REMOVE ALL
4) Shut down MyEclipse
5) Edit the shortcut you use to start MyEclipse and add the -clean command line argument as outlined here: http://www.myeclipseide.com/FAQ+index-myfaq-yes-id_cat-30.html#343
6) Restart MyEclipse (now you can remove -clean)
7) Try and start Tomcat

If that doesn’t work, the workaround is a new clean workspace, we have yet to nail down what causes this as it happens so randomly and infrequently. Even I couldn’t run it down on my own setup when it happened, and I’ve never had it happen again.

[bradm]

Thanks Riyad! Actually, just steps 1-4 cleared it up. Cheers.

[Riyad Kalla]

Glad to hear it.

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