I added the suffix to the brokerURL I.e. log4j.appender.JMS.ProviderURL=tcp://localhost:61616?wireFormat.cacheEnabled=false
but this made no difference. then finally found my needle in the haystack with this nugget of information.. http://www.nabble.com/Log4J-ActiveMQ-JMS-Appender-td18840199.html#a19970509 Gary Tully wrote: > > can you run with -Dlog4j.debug (set the system property) to see where > the log4j configuration is coming from? > > It may be that the wireFormatNegotiator is trying to log a message > which is trying to start a jms connection which uses > wireFormatNegotiator etc. Chicken and egg. > logging for activemq needs to be disabled if it is used as a default > appender. > > Put the following in my log4j config and Hey Presto.... <!-- THIS IS CRITICAL FOR THE JMS APPENDER NOT TO FAIL --> <logger name="org.apache.activemq"> <!-- active mq logging must be disabled --> <level value="ERROR" /> </logger> -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ActiveMQ-5-and-Log4j-JMSAppender-error-tp14622389p24860244.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
