I have exactly the same problem. It there a start up guide available for merging portlet and ajax4jsf? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4107630#4107630 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4107630