Error: No request type: swf

[mix]

I've installed Laszlo DE on Redhat 8.0. Tomcat is up and running fine, and I can view the source of Laszlo apps, but I get an "Error: No request type: swf" when I try to run an app normally.

Any ideas why this is happening?

[bloch]

This (confusing error message)
indicates the server is failing to start.

This can be caused by a variety of things...but
most often its a permission failure in the default location of the lps cache directory. By default it's in the tomcat work directory.

If you edit $LPS_HOME/WEB-INF/lps/config/lps.xml and change the logging from INFO to DEBUG and retry, you will hopefully see what's failing in $TOMCAT_HOME/work/Standalone/localhost/LPS/lps-2.0/logs/lps.log

Thanks
-Eric

[mix]

I fixed it. Turns out I mistakenly removed the localhost line from my etc/hosts file.

I'm somewhat new to linux.