Description of problem: 
tomcat won't start, reboot fixes it.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
# rpm -q tomcat
tomcat-4.1.27-13

How reproducible:
unknow

Steps to Reproduce:
1. uncomment in /etc/tomcat/server.xml below the line
<!-- Define a non-SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 -->
# service tomcat start        [OK]

2. tried to install VT survey
http://opensource.isc.vt.edu/products/survey/
putting the 'survey.war' in /var/lib/tomcat/

# service tomcat restart
shutdown tomcat   [OK]
starting tomcat   FAILED

look in /var/log/tomcat/

2004-05-26 14:36:46 HostConfig[localhost]: Expanding web application
archive survey.war
2004-05-26 14:36:47 HostConfig[localhost] Exception while expanding
web application archive survey.war
java.io.FileNotFoundException:
/usr/share/tomcat/webapps/survey/images/webcolors/ff00cc.gif (No such
file or directory)
   at _ZN4java4lang11VMThrowable16fillInStackTraceEPNS0_9ThrowableE
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java4lang9Throwable16fillInStackTraceEv
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java4lang9ThrowableC1EPNS0_6StringE (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java4lang9ExceptionC1EPNS0_6StringE (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java2io11IOExceptionC1EPNS_4lang6StringE
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java2io21FileNotFoundExceptionC1EPNS_4lang6StringE
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java2io14FileDescriptor4openEPNS_4lang6StringEi
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java2io14FileDescriptorC1EPNS_4lang6StringEi
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java2io16FileOutputStreamC1EPNS_4lang6StringEb
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java2io16FileOutputStreamC1EPNS0_4FileE
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at
_ZN3org6apache8catalina7startup9ExpandWar6expandEPN4java2io11InputStreamEPNS5_4FileEPNS4_4lang6StringE
(/usr/lib/lib-or
g-apache-catalina-4.1.27.so)
   at
_ZN3org6apache8catalina7startup9ExpandWar6expandEPNS1_4HostEPN4java3net3URLEPNS6_4lang6StringE
(/usr/lib/lib-org-apache
-catalina-4.1.27.so)
   at
_ZN3org6apache8catalina7startup9ExpandWar6expandEPNS1_4HostEPN4java3net3URLE
(/usr/lib/lib-org-apache-catalina-4.1.27.s
o)
   at
_ZN3org6apache8catalina7startup10HostConfig10deployWARsEPN4java2io4FileEP6JArrayIPNS4_4lang6StringEE
(/usr/lib/lib-org-
apache-catalina-4.1.27.so)
   at _ZN3org6apache8catalina7startup10HostConfig10deployAppsEv
(/usr/lib/lib-org-apache-catalina-4.1.27.so)
   at _ZN3org6apache8catalina7startup10HostConfig3runEv
(/usr/lib/lib-org-apache-catalina-4.1.27.so)
   at _ZN4java4lang6Thread3runEv (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _Z13_Jv_ThreadRunPN4java4lang6ThreadE (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at GC_start_routine (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at __clone (/lib/libc-2.3.3.so)


then I decided to unzip the survey.war and put the content in
/var/lib/tomcat/

# service tomcat restart
starting tomcat   FAILED

looking in /var/log/tomcat/tomcat.out:
(btw, this file doesn't log a timestamp, IMO it should)

Bootstrap: Create Catalina server
StandardClassLoader: gcjlib URL support enabled (prefix="gcjlib:")
Created catalinaLoader in: /usr/share/tomcat/server/lib
[INFO] Registry - -Loading registry information
[INFO] Registry - -Creating new Registry instance
[INFO] Registry - -Creating MBeanServer
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.depmoy.ErrorPage
   at _ZN4java4lang11VMThrowable16fillInStackTraceEPNS0_9ThrowableE
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
   at _ZN4java4lang9Throwable16fillInStackTraceEv
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)


then I decided to delete all the files I installed,
leaving things pristine

# service tomcat restart
starting tomcat   FAILED

looking in /var/log/tomcat/tomcat.out (same shit):

Bootstrap: Create Catalina server
StandardClassLoader: gcjlib URL support enabled (prefix="gcjlib:")
Created catalinaLoader in: /usr/share/tomcat/server/lib
[INFO] Registry - -Loading registry information
[INFO] Registry - -Creating new Registry instance
[INFO] Registry - -Creating MBeanServer
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.depmoy.ErrorPage
   at _ZN4java4lang11VMThrowable16fillInStackTraceEPNS0_9ThrowableE
(/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)

stare at the screen blanky for an hour...
(how it could it be ?, I am leaving things pristine...
look, I've not touched anything !)

3.
# reboot

starting tomcat    [OK]

  
Actual results:
 tomcat won't start

Expected results:
 tomcat should start

Additional info:
 a reboot fixes the problem, but I suspect is not the rigth fix...