thanks for the response. I found the following file on the hibernate download all releases: hibernate-entitymanager-3.1beta5.zip
which seemed to be the file you indicated in your first posting. I've got past my initial errors but now I'm getting the following exception 2006-03-11 03:40:22,281 WARN [org.jboss.system.ServiceController] Problem creating service jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=seamapp.ejb3 java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.ejb.packaging.PersistenceXmlLoader.deploy(Ljava/net/URL;Ljava/util/Map;)Ljava/util/List; at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.initializePersistenceUnits(Ejb3Deployment.java:575) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.create(Ejb3Deployment.java:440) at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Module.createService(Ejb3Module.java:125) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalCreate(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:260) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:243) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source) it declares this as a warning but then I get this at the end: --- MBeans waiting for other MBeans --- ObjectName: jboss.web.deployment:war=jboss-seam-hibernate.war,id=-709194412 State: FAILED Reason: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: URL file:/C:/Program Files/j boss-4.0.4RC1/server/default/tmp/deploy/tmp55105jboss-seam-hibernate-exp.war/ de ployment failed ObjectName: jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=seamapp.ejb3 State: FAILED Reason: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.ejb.packaging.PersistenceXm lLoader.deploy(Ljava/net/URL;Ljava/util/Map;)Ljava/util/List; --- MBEANS THAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM --- ObjectName: jboss.web.deployment:war=jboss-seam-hibernate.war,id=-709194412 State: FAILED Reason: org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: URL file:/C:/Program Files/j boss-4.0.4RC1/server/default/tmp/deploy/tmp55105jboss-seam-hibernate-exp.war/ de ployment failed ObjectName: jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=seamapp.ejb3 State: FAILED Reason: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.ejb.packaging.PersistenceXm lLoader.deploy(Ljava/net/URL;Ljava/util/Map;)Ljava/util/List; I traced the class to entitymanager.jar file? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3929523#3929523 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3929523 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list JBoss-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user