Tomcat server remains started after shutdown

Question

i was using tomcat sucessfully few daysn back.but now it is not shutting down even after giving command.
some new things i noticed are
* tomcat window that appears at the begning closes now while startup
* after shutdown command, it shows some exceptions(errors)
i am able to launch what i want but it is not closing.so plz tell me how to overcome this.tahnks in advance

Answer 1

* after shutdown command, it shows some
exceptions(errors)You never mentioned (or bothered to mention) the
exception. Post that with the complete stack trace.i thought it to be a usual problem ok here is exception
Catalina.stop: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:295)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:161)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:148)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:425)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:375)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:290)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stop(Catalina.java:581)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:402)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.
java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces
sorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)
my opinion:i think it is finding tomcat already stop.that's why it is showing this .but in this case file should not launch in browser but it is launching that means tomcat is running .so ! where is the problem