X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fbin%2FJalview.java;h=9a854711ad0ce1597c5ef4a6432812b50c51b4d9;hb=b23a2f5a605023f759689f3e21fd4f465e2ed04b;hp=e780f78cc12371231b4b052afc2f024f16372f97;hpb=bb6cfec0589998373f5542e630660b06485a7569;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
index e780f78..9a85471 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
@@ -37,28 +37,6 @@ import java.util.Vector;
  */
 public class Jalview
 {
-    /**
-     * Initialises the Apache Axis logger
-     */
-    public static Logger log;
-    private static void initLogger()
-    {
-        Logger laxis = Logger.getLogger("org.apache.axis");
-        Logger lcastor = Logger.getLogger("org.exolab.castor");
-        log = Logger.getLogger("jalview.bin.Jalview");
-
-        laxis.setLevel(Level.toLevel(Cache.getDefault("logs.Axis.Level", Level.INFO.toString())));
-        lcastor.setLevel(Level.toLevel(Cache.getDefault("logs.Castor.Level", Level.INFO.toString())));
-        log.setLevel(Level.toLevel(Cache.getDefault("logs.Jalview.level", Level.INFO.toString())));
-
-        ConsoleAppender ap = new ConsoleAppender(new SimpleLayout(),
-                "System.err");
-        ap.setName("JalviewLogger");
-
-        laxis.addAppender(ap);
-        lcastor.addAppender(ap);
-        log.addAppender(ap);
-    }
 
     /**
      * main class for Jalview application
@@ -110,17 +88,20 @@ public class Jalview
             headless = true;
           }
 
-        Cache.loadProperties(aparser.getValue("props"));
-
-        try
-        {
-          initLogger();
-        }
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
-          System.err.println("Problems initializing the log4j system\n");
-        }
+          try
+          {
+            Cache.initLogger();
+          }
+          catch (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError error)
+          {
+            error.printStackTrace();
+            System.out.println(
+                "\nEssential logging libraries not found."
+                +"\nUse: java -Djava.ext.dirs=$PATH_TO_LIB$ jalview.bin.Jalview");
+            System.exit(0);
+          }
 
+        Cache.loadProperties(aparser.getValue("props"));
 
         Desktop desktop = null;
         if( !headless )