tomcat NOT running

When i start tomcat it looks like it is starting however it is not and
when I do a ./shutdown.sh I get the following message:

# ./shutdown.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27/temp
Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.1_05
Catalina.stop: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at
java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:305)
at
java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:171)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:158)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:434)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:384)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:291)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:119)
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(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)
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Any clue anybody?