I encountered similar problem. Maybe there is a conflict between seam application and jboss portal 2.4 GA. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3969044#3969044 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3969044