myca99 [http://community.jboss.org/people/myca99] created the discussion "Problems starting up the JBoss AS service" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/644063#644063 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I am running JBoss AS 7.0.2 on Ubuntu 11.10 and I am having some trouble starting up the server.  I start the server by typing "sudo /etc/init.d/jboss start" and it gives me the following errors: 17:23:32,395 INFO  [org.jboss.modules] JBoss Modules version 1.0.2.GA 17:23:32,624 INFO  [org.jboss.msc] JBoss MSC version 1.0.1.GA 17:23:32,677 INFO  [org.jboss.as] JBoss AS 7.0.2.Final "Arc" starting 17:23:32,685 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] MSC00001: Failed to start service jboss.as: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.as: Failed to start service     at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1780) [jboss-msc-1.0.1.GA.jar:1.0.1.GA]     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) [:1.6.0_23]     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) [:1.6.0_23]     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679) [:1.6.0_23] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to create a directory at /usr/local/jboss/jboss-as-7.0.2.Final/standalone/data/content along with some weird stuff going on with logging: Unable to set property fileName on class org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException Any ideas?  Thanks, Myca -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/644063#644063] Start a new discussion in Beginner's Corner at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]