It is probably better for jboss to only log at INFO level when installed from portage as DEBUG in jboss produces a LOT of messages. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge www-servers/jboss-3.2.5 2. run /etc/init.d/jboss start 3. tail -f /var/log/jboss/server.log Actual Results: 2004-09-12 22:38:28,070 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Register Wrapper JSR77 WebModule in Context /web-console 2004-09-12 22:38:28,070 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Register Wrapper JMS Message in Context /web-console 2004-09-12 22:38:28,071 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Register Wrapper default in Context /jbossmq-httpil 2004-09-12 22:38:28,071 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Handle jboss.web:type=Mapper 2004-09-12 22:38:28,071 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Handle jboss.web:type=Mapper 2004-09-12 22:38:28,072 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Handle jboss.web:type=Mapper 2004-09-12 22:38:28,072 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Handle jboss.web:type=Mapper 2004-09-12 22:38:28,073 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Handle jboss.web:type=RequestProcessor,worker=http-0.0.0.0-8080,name=HttpRequest0 2004-09-12 22:38:28,073 DEBUG [org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.MapperListener] Handle jboss.web:type=RequestProcessor,worker=http-0.0.0.0-8080,name=HttpRequest0 2004-09-12 22:38:28,075 DEBUG [org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool] Getting new thread data Expected Results: 2004-09-12 22:42:03,189 INFO [org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost] Create Host deployer for direct deployment ( non-jmx ) 2004-09-12 22:42:03,196 INFO [org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer] Removing web application at context path /jbossmq-httpil 2004-09-12 22:42:03,198 INFO [org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer] Removing web application at context path /invoker 2004-09-12 22:42:03,202 INFO [org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer] Removing web application at context path Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.8-gentoo-r3) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acpi alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl dvdr encode esd ethereal evo expat foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gps gstreamer gtk gtk2 imap imlib java javamail jce jikes jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang snmp spell ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xinerama xml xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
Created attachment 39438 [details, diff] Simple diff to show fix for this issue This patch just adds one line to the log4j.xml to reduce logging to the server.log file.
Thanks applied