At least, you don't need the Rich Faces filter in Seam 2, not sure about Seam 1.2.1............try removing it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4089003#4089003 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4089003