thanks for the welcome
there is indeed something in the logs:
(2008/08/01 10:16:44 : janpf@dinnerbehind : ~/lib/zimbra/zdesktop ) ::
$ cat log/zdesktop.out
0 INFO [main] log - Logging to org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerAdapter(org.mortbay.log) via org.mortbay.log.Slf4jLog
425 WARN [main] log - Config error at <Call name="open"/>
425 WARN [main] log - Config error at <Ref id="admin"><Call name="open"/></Ref>
426 WARN [main] log - EXCEPTION
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.call(XmlConfigura tion.java:534)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConf iguration.java:244)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.refObj(XmlConfigu ration.java:638)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConf iguration.java:252)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConf iguration.java:206)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfigura tion.java:968)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:183)
at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497)
at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.zimbra.cs.offline.start.Main.main(Main.java:33 )
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.Launcher.main(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.BindException: Address already in use
at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(Unknown Source)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open( SelectChannelConnector.java:211)
... 28 more
428 WARN [main] log - Nested in java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException:
java.net.BindException: Address already in use
at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Native Method)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(Unknown Source)
at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open( SelectChannelConnector.java:211)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.call(XmlConfigura tion.java:534)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConf iguration.java:244)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.refObj(XmlConfigu ration.java:638)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConf iguration.java:252)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.configure(XmlConf iguration.java:206)
at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfigura tion.java:968)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:183)
at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497)
at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.zimbra.cs.offline.start.Main.main(Main.java:33 )
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.Launcher.main(Unknown Source)
429 INFO [Shutdown] log - Shutdown hook executing
429 INFO [Shutdown] log - Shutdown hook complete
i also did try to start zdesktop from the command line before, but here is the output when i try it again:
$ ./zdesktop start
Starting zdesktop
$ nohup: appending output to `nohup.out'
after that the log file is regenerated, but seems to contain the exact same exception.
ideas ?
thx!!