Here is the reading I was getting from the logs which would suggest that the ear was being deployed before the classes:
16:54:12,522 INFO [EARDeployer] Init J2EE application: file:/Library/jboss-4.0.0/server/default/deploy/myHibernateEar.ear/ 16:54:14,509 ERROR [Hibernate] Starting failed jboss.har:service=Hibernate net.sf.hibernate.MappingException: net.sf.hibernate.MappingException: persistent class [test.Artist] not found at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addFile(Configuration.java:191) at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addDirectory(Configuration.java:421) at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addDirectory(Configuration.java:418) at org.jboss.hibernate.jmx.Hibernate.buildSessionFactory(Hibernate.java:463) at org.jboss.hibernate.jmx.Hibernate.startService(Hibernate.java:444) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:271) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:221) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:242) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:891) at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:416) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor6.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:242) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176) at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:261) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:935) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:927) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:927) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:746) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:709) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor30.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:119) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:131) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:242) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176) at $Proxy8.deploy(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:305) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:481) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:204) at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:277) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:271) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:221) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:242) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:891) at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:416) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor6.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:242) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176) at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:261) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:935) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:746) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:709) at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:693) 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:324) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:119) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:131) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:74) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:242) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:642) at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:176) at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:396) at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:293) at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:151) at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:405) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:552) many thanks Andrew View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3853762#3853762 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3853762 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click 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