Problems starting J2EE Server on Linux

[Ansgar W. Konermann]

Hello NG,

I'm trying to set up Sun's J2EE 1.3 beta on my Linux Slackware 7.1
Server.

When starting the server using "j2ee -verbose" as stated in the
tutorial, I get this error message:

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J2EE server listen port: 5050
org.omg.CORBA.INTERNAL: minor code: 1398079697 completed: No
at
com.sun.corba.ee.internal.iiop.GIOPImpl.createListener(GIOPImpl.java:253)
at
com.sun.corba.ee.internal.iiop.GIOPImpl.getEndpoint(GIOPImpl.java:202)
at
com.sun.corba.ee.internal.iiop.GIOPImpl.initEndpoints(GIOPImpl.java:137)
at
com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.POAORB.getServerEndpoint(POAORB.java:484)
at
com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.POAImpl.pre_initialize(POAImpl.java:144)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.POAImpl.<init>(POAImpl.java:102)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.POAORB.makeRootPOA(POAORB.java:109)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.POAORB$1.evaluate(POAORB.java:127)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.core.Future.evaluate(Future.java:23)
at
com.sun.corba.ee.internal.corba.ORB.resolveInitialReference(ORB.java:2159)
at
com.sun.corba.ee.internal.corba.ORB.resolve_initial_references(ORB.java:2110)
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.run(J2EEServer.java:192)
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.main(J2EEServer.java:901)

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create ORB. Possible causes include
TCP/IP ports in use by another process
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.run(J2EEServer.java:202)
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.main(J2EEServer.java:901)
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create ORB. Possible causes include
TCP/IP ports in use by another process
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.run(J2EEServer.java:202)
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.main(J2EEServer.java:901)

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create ORB. Possible causes include
TCP/IP ports in use by another process
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.run(J2EEServer.java:347)
at com.sun.enterprise.server.J2EEServer.main(J2EEServer.java:901)
J2EE server reported the following error: Unable to create ORB. Possible
causes include TCP/IP ports in use by another process
Error executing J2EE server ...
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I read about the possible port conflict with GNOME, so I changed
the ORB port to 5050. The error message remains.

More confusing: according to nmap, the following ports are in use
on the server:

21/tcp open ftp
23/tcp open telnet
25/tcp open smtp
37/tcp open time
53/tcp open domain
79/tcp open finger
80/tcp open http
110/tcp open pop-3
111/tcp open sunrpc
113/tcp open auth
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
143/tcp open imap2
513/tcp open login
514/tcp open shell
587/tcp open submission
693/tcp open unknown
694/tcp open unknown
708/tcp open unknown
2049/tcp open nfs
2064/tcp open distrib-netassholes
2401/tcp open cvspserver
3128/tcp open squid-http
3306/tcp open mysql
5432/tcp open postgres
65520/tcp open unknown

Neiter port 1050 nor 5050 is listed here.

I then thought about a wrong J2SE installation, but I gave
J2EE its own fresh installation below the j2sdkee1.3
directory. In userconfig.sh, I set JAVA_HOME like this:

JAVA_HOME=/import/usr/j2sdkee1.3/jdk1.3.0_02
export JAVA_HOME

The directory exists, is correctly named here and contains
the fresh J2SE installation.

What could be the reason for the above error message? Are there
any documents which describe the installation process a bit
more detailed than those that come with the J2EE software and
documentation bundle?

Thanks for any help!

--
Best regards,

Ansgar W. Konermann