In 4.2.3, only the jboss-log4j.xml file will be used - log4j.xml, if it appears, will be ignored. By the way, the file used to initialize log4j can be declared in jboss-service.xml - edit these lines: <mbean code="org.jboss.logging.Log4jService" ...> | <attribute name="ConfigurationURL">resource:jboss-log4j.xml</attribute> | . . . | </mbean> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4172440#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...