Found the culprit: 2007-10-12 14:03:31,455 DEBUG [org.jboss.deployment.JBossEjbParsingDeployer] Parsing file: FileHandler(a)1892971028[path=standardjboss.xml context=file:/home/carlo/work/jboss-head/build/output/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/all/conf/ real=file:/home/carlo/work/jboss-head/build/output/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/all/conf/standardjboss.xml] for deploymentType: class org.jboss.metadata.ejb.jboss.JBossMetaData This exception must be improved. It needs to show more context in which the error occurs. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4094514#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...