Do you have <listener-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener</listener-class> in your web.xml ? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4046938#4046938 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4046938