I've got root access to a Red Hat Fedora Core 4 Virtual Private Server with the following pertinent packages installed:

[root@server ~]$ yum list installed | grep java
gcc-java.i386 4.0.2-8.fc4 installed
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel.i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 installed
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat.i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp_31rh.FC4 installed
[root@server ~]$ yum list installed | grep tomcat
tomcat5.i386 5.0.30-5jpp_6fc installed
tomcat5-jasper.i386 5.0.30-5jpp_6fc installed
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api.i386 5.0.30-5jpp_6fc installed


When I run /etc/init.d/tomcat5 start, Port 8080 goes into use, and I can telnet localhost 8080 and get a connection. Problem is, when I then GET <anything here> inside my telnet connection, nothing happens except that I'm disconnected. Nothing goes to the catalina.out log file, nothing gets returned, etc.

So, as far as I can tell, Tomcat is installed and starts up fine (tomcat-is-starting information does go to the catalina.out log file), but once it's up and running, it's not doing anything. Even attempting to pull up the manager or list the installed webapps does nothing.

Any ideas on what might be mixed up here? I'm at a loss, and out of my normal realm of Debian servers...