[CentOS] tomcat still sees jvm version 1.4.2 in Cent OS 5

i chose to install tomcat during the OS install as well as java....however, since I needed to use a different jvm, i used the method described in http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS for Sun jdk 1.5.0_13 and it worked fine as I can tell, as using the alternatives --config java command, i see both 1.4.2 and 1.5.0 versions and choosing the 1.5.0 version yields the right version when doing a "java -version" command....also doing a "which java" also points to the right location for the java 1.5.0 install...everything appears fine except that tomcat still sees java 1.4.2 as its jvm version...
I have tried setting the path to JAVA_HOME in the tomcat5.conf as well as set the JAVA_HOME & JRE_HOME environment variable as a script under /etc/profiles.d....its as if tomcat is ignoring this and still using java 1.4.2!
 
# /etc/init.d/tomcat5 version
Server version: Apache Tomcat/5.5.20
Server built:   Sep 27 2007 12:16:07
Server number:  5.5.20.0
OS Name:        Linux
OS Version:     2.6.18-8.1.15.el5
Architecture:   i386
JVM Version:    1.4.2
JVM Vendor:     Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 
# java -version
java version "1.5.0_13"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_13-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_13-b05, mixed mode)

 
# alternatives --config java
There are 2 programs which provide 'java'.
  Selection    Command
-----------------------------------------------
   1           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java
*+ 2           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-sun/bin/java
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:

 
 
# set
BASH=/bin/bash
BASH_ARGC=()
BASH_ARGV=()
BASH_LINENO=()
BASH_SOURCE=()
BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="3" [1]="1" [2]="17" [3]="1" [4]="release" [5]="i686-redhat-linux-gnu")
BASH_VERSION='3.1.17(1)-release'
COLORS=/etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm
COLUMNS=80
CVS_RSH=ssh
DIRSTACK=()
EUID=0
GROUPS=()
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
HISTFILE=/root/.bash_history
HISTFILESIZE=1000
HISTSIZE=1000
HOME=/root
HOSTNAME=app2
HOSTTYPE=i686
IFS=$' \t\n'
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
JRE_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13/jre
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13/jre
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LESSOPEN='|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s'
LINES=24
LOGNAME=root
LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.btm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;35:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:'
MACHTYPE=i686-redhat-linux-gnu
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/root
MAILCHECK=60
OPTERR=1
OPTIND=1
OSTYPE=linux-gnu
PATH=/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13/jre/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

 
i have tried restarting tomcat many times to no avail and there isn't anything that useful in its logs besides the info about tomcat native library....what gives here?:
 
---------------------tomcat log----------------------------
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /usr/share/tomcat5
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/share/tomcat5
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat5/temp
Using JRE_HOME:       /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13/jre
Created MBeanServer with ID: -9skw1s:fb3cloan.0:app2:1
6-Jan-08 12:53:52 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent
INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: /usr/lib/gcj-4.1.2
6-Jan-08 12:53:52 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-172.16.85.33-8080
6-Jan-08 12:53:52 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 403 ms
6-Jan-08 12:53:52 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
6-Jan-08 12:53:52 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.20
6-Jan-08 12:53:52 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start
INFO: XML validation disabled
6-Jan-08 12:53:53 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: org.apache.webapp.balancer.BalancerFilter: init(): ruleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balancer.RuleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.URLStringMatchRule: Target string: News / Redirect URL: http://www.cnn.com], [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.RequestParameterRule: Target param name: paramName / Target param value: paramValue / Redirect URL: http://www.yahoo.com], [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.AcceptEverythingRule: Redirect URL: http://jakarta.apache.org]]
6-Jan-08 12:53:53 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-172.16.85.33-8080
6-Jan-08 12:53:53 AM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
6-Jan-08 12:53:53 AM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/112  config=null
6-Jan-08 12:53:53 AM org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreLoader load
INFO: Find registry server-registry.xml at classpath resource
6-Jan-08 12:53:53 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 1057 ms

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