karaf 3.0.1 not starting up - maven

Question

I'm trying to start karaf 3.0.1 in a solaris box (without internet) but getting the following error:
karaf: Ignoring predefined value for KARAF_HOME
Could not resolve mvn:org.eclipse/org.eclipse.osgi/3.8.2.v20130124-134944
and in karaf.log:
Jun 30, 2014 12:21:09 PM org.apache.karaf.main.Main main
SEVERE: Could not launch framework
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not resolve mvn:org.eclipse/org.eclipse.osgi/3.8.2.v20130124-134944
at org.apache.karaf.main.util.SimpleMavenResolver.resolve(SimpleMavenResolver.java:59)
at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.createClassLoader(Main.java:315)
at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.launch(Main.java:234)
at org.apache.karaf.main.Main.main(Main.java:171)
the bundles are well in place (system folder) and the org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg file states:
org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.repositories=\
file:${karaf.home}/${karaf.default.repository}#id=system.repository, \
file:${karaf.data}/kar#id=kar.repository#multi\
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2#id=central,\
http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release#id=spring.ebr.release,\
http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external#id=spring.ebr.external
I've tried running the framework using the three methods (server, service, client) but nothing seems to be working.
my environment is:
KARAF_BASE=/export/home/mehdi/bin/karaf
KARAF_HOME=/export/home/mehdi/bin/karaf
KARAF_ETC=/export/home/mehdi/bin/karaf/etc
KARAF_DATA=/export/home/mehdi/bin/karaf/data
JAVA_HOME=/opt/temp/jre1.7.0_13
I googled a bit and found a workaround which says to add -h 127.0.0.1 to the client script, but still nothing.