figured it out My ejb 2.x beans were generated with XDoclet. There seems to have been some method signature changes. Just removed throws clause from ejbActivate(), ejbPassivate() and ejbRemove() in the offending EJBs. Whoooeeeeeee! John Curley P.S. Nascar Rules!!!!!!! Kyle Busch is the next superstar. Remember you heard it here first!!!!!! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4041523#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...