Apache Tomcat/4.1.24 forumdemo/servlet_example1 not working

this example from the developers doc's does not work nor does the 
forumdemo war file.  Can someone help me understand what needs to be 
configured re Velocity, or Tomcat to get these examples in a working state?

Thanks,
reid

Setting up under Jakarta Tomcat <http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/> is 
fairly straightforward. The 'webapp' directory is where Tomcat 
automatically looks for it's 'web applications', so this is where we 
will set things up.

  1. First, make a new 'webapp' by creating a directory called
     /velexample/ in Tomcat's webapps directory, and make a new
     directory structure as follows :

         velexample
         velexample/WEB-INF
         velexample/WEB-INF/lib
         velexample/WEB-INF/classes

  2. Put the Velocity jar into the velexample/WEB-INF/lib directory.
     Note that with v1.2 and newer, you either have to either use the
     jar from the distribution (or that you build yourself) that
     contains all the dependencies ( ex. velocity-dep-1.2.jar) or you
     must add the dependency jars yourself to the WEB-INF/lib
     directory. Please see the section "Getting Started" and
     "Dependencies", above.
  3. Put the SampleServlet.class into the velexample/WEB-INF/classes
     directory
  4. Put the sample.vm template into the velexample directory. The
     SampleServlet is written to use the root of the webapp as the
     source of the templates, so no configuration is needed.
  5. At this point, you should be able to start (or restart) Tomcat and
     access the servlet.
  6. To access the servlet, point your web browser at :

         http://localhost:8080/velexample/servlet/SampleServlet 

     or if that doesn't work :

         http://<your computer's ip
         address>:8080/velexample/servlet/SampleServlet 

  7. You should see the sample output.