> can you run with -Dlog4j.debug (set the system property) to see where > the log4j configuration is coming from?
The following is the debug output - other webapps (not spring) started up normally, with the same settings from the log4j.properties. log4j: Using URL [file:/usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/webapps/Utilities/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties] for automatic log4j configuration. log4j: Reading configuration from URL file:/usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/webapps/Utilities/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties log4j: Parsing for [root] with value=[debug, jms]. log4j: Level token is [debug]. log4j: Category root set to DEBUG log4j: Parsing appender named "jms". log4j: Setting property [password] to [*******]. log4j: Setting property [userName] to [*******]. log4j: Setting property [topicConnectionFactoryBindingName] to [ConnectionFactory]. log4j: Setting property [topicBindingName] to [dynamicTopics/locallogging]. log4j: Setting property [providerURL] to [tcp://jmsserver:61616]. log4j: Setting property [initialContextFactoryName] to [org.apache.activemq.jndi.ActiveMQInitialContextFactory]. log4j: Getting initial context. log4j: Looking up [ConnectionFactory] log4j: About to create TopicConnection. log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.activemq.transport.WireFormatNegotiator). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j: Creating TopicSession, non-transactional, in AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE mode. log4j:ERROR Error while activating options for appender named [jms]. javax.jms.JMSException: Wire format negotiation timeout: peer did not send his wire format. at org.apache.activemq.util.JMSExceptionSupport.create(JMSExceptionSupport.java:62) at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection.syncSendPacket(ActiveMQConnection.java:1206) at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection.ensureConnectionInfoSent(ActiveMQConnection.java:1289) at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection.createSession(ActiveMQConnection.java:295) at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection.createTopicSession(ActiveMQConnection.java:998) at org.apache.log4j.net.JMSAppender.activateOptions(JMSAppender.java:217) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:257) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:133) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:97) at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:689) at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:647) at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:544) at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:440) at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:476) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter.java:471) at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:125) at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(Log4jLoggerFactory.java:73) at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:88) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory.getInstance(SLF4JLogFactory.java:155) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory.getInstance(SLF4JLogFactory.java:131) at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:645) at org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextListener.<init>(RequestContextListener.java:55) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3787) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4342) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:830) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:490) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Wire format negotiation timeout: peer did not send his wire format. at org.apache.activemq.transport.WireFormatNegotiator.oneway(WireFormatNegotiator.java:94) at org.apache.activemq.transport.MutexTransport.oneway(MutexTransport.java:40) at org.apache.activemq.transport.ResponseCorrelator.asyncRequest(ResponseCorrelator.java:74) at org.apache.activemq.transport.ResponseCorrelator.request(ResponseCorrelator.java:79) at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection.syncSendPacket(ActiveMQConnection.java:1195) ... 50 more log4j: Parsed "jms" options. log4j: Parsing for [org.springframework] with value=[debug, jms]. log4j: Level token is [debug]. log4j: Category org.springframework set to DEBUG log4j: Parsing appender named "jms". log4j: Appender "jms" was already parsed. log4j: Handling log4j.additivity.org.springframework=[null] log4j: Parsing for [org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection] with value=[info, stdout]. log4j: Level token is [info]. log4j: Category org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection set to INFO log4j: Parsing appender named "stdout". log4j: Parsing layout options for "stdout". log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%d %-5p %c - %m%n]. log4j: End of parsing for "stdout". log4j: Parsed "stdout" options. log4j: Handling log4j.additivity.org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection=[null] log4j: Parsing for [com.contentwatch] with value=[debug, jms]. log4j: Level token is [debug]. log4j: Category com.contentwatch set to DEBUG log4j: Parsing appender named "jms". log4j: Appender "jms" was already parsed. log4j: Handling log4j.additivity.com.contentwatch=[null] log4j: Finished configuring. My log4j.properties file: ### Set root logger level and appenders log4j.rootLogger=debug, jms ### Set logger level and appender for ContentWatch classes log4j.logger.com.contentwatch=debug, jms # set logger for jms to stdout in case of problems with the jms log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection=info, stdout log4j.logger.org.springframework=debug, jms ### stdout appender defined log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c - %m%n ### file appender defined log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.file.File=${catalina.home}/logs/contentwatch_${hostname}.log log4j.appender.file.File.Append=true log4j.appender.file.File.MaxFileSize=1000KB log4j.appender.file.File.MaxBackupIndex=1 log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c - %m%n # log to JMS log4j.appender.jms=org.apache.log4j.net.JMSAppender log4j.appender.jms.InitialContextFactoryName=org.apache.activemq.jndi.ActiveMQInitialContextFactory log4j.appender.jms.ProviderURL=tcp://jmsserver:61616 log4j.appender.jms.TopicBindingName=dynamicTopics/locallogging log4j.appender.jms.TopicConnectionFactoryBindingName=ConnectionFactory log4j.appender.jms.UserName=********* log4j.appender.jms.Password=********* -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Log4J-ActiveMQ-JMS-Appender-tp18840199p21464605.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.