problems with Tomcat (not working)

Hi,
I use Debian and want to use Tomcat for web applications (JSP).
So I installed Apache, Tomcat and OpenJava from the Debian repository.
But it doesn't work on my local machine -> apache is running but Tomcat doesn' work.

What I have to do to use Tomcat for my WebApplications?

19 Apr 10

I think you need to be more specific than "it doesn't work". Do you get error messages? What are the symptoms of "it doesn't work?

19 Apr 10

I tried out some instructions but I failed.

Apache works properly (web pages were delivered).

I can start Tomcat with OpenJava (from Debian repository); but the start failed (output: "failed" ) as I tried it with SUN Java JDK.

# /etc/init.d/tomcat start
Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/apache-tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/apache-tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/apache-tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre
Using CLASSPATH: /opt/apache-tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar

I cannot find the name "Tomcat" in any of my running processes. Is there a separate process or is there apache only?

I couldn't find some more helpful output. How can I check the services to find out what the problem is?
Thanks for any help.

19 Apr 10

I'm not an apache user, but wouldn't something like "services --status-all" or "chkconfig --list" give you a rundown on what services are installed and what their status is?