So I have to debug this problem I'm seeing in head:
2006-10-31 16:54:47,600 DEBUG [org.jboss.iiop.CorbaORBService] Starting failed jboss:service=CorbaORB java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.avalon.framework.logger.Log4JLogger.isDebugEnabled(Log4JLogger.java:115) at org.jacorb.poa.RPPoolManagerFactory.<init>(RPPoolManagerFactory.java:50) at org.jacorb.orb.ORB.configure(ORB.java:251) at org.jacorb.orb.ORB.set_parameters(ORB.java:1429) at org.omg.CORBA.ORB.init(ORB.java:337) at org.jboss.iiop.CorbaORBService.startService(CorbaORBService.java:297) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668) at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:167) at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)