<category name="net.sf.hibernate" additivity="false"> | <priority value="info"/> | <appender-ref ref="EosAppender"/> | <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender"/> | </category> You are using Hibernate-3.x. The package structure of Hibernate-3.x has changed. So your config file should look like: <category name="org.hibernate" additivity="false"> | <priority value="INFO"/> | <appender-ref ref="EosAppender"/> | <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender"/> | </category> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3960690#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...