JSP compilation is not implemented, as far as I understand it. As for the twiddle execution: You're using alpha 1a, which came with a boolean bug which stopped the JBoss Server View from showing all of its pieces to the user. If the view WAS showing all of the pieces, it would be able to tell you whether the twiddle execution is failing or not. In Beta1, there is now a preference page which allows you to say that if the server doesnt officially designate itself as 'started' within some timeout, to either a) cancel the startup (abort), or b) set the server as started anyway. So in short, in order to actually see what the problem is in the view and its event log, you'll need beta 1, but if you had beta1, you could use the override preference to just set the server as started. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3966122#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...