Here's the concole output, note the log seems to think it was set but then looks in the default location later in the log

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19:16:29,306 INFO  [ServerImpl] Starting JBoss (Microcontainer)...

19:16:29,307 INFO  [ServerImpl] Release ID: JBoss [The Oracle] 5.1.0.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_5_1_0_GA date=200905221634)

19:16:29,307 INFO  [ServerImpl] Bootstrap URL: null

19:16:29,307 INFO  [ServerImpl] Home Dir: /opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA

19:16:29,307 INFO  [ServerImpl] Home URL: file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/

19:16:29,307 INFO  [ServerImpl] Library URL: file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/lib/

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Patch URL: null

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Common Base URL: file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/common/

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Common Library URL: file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/common/lib/

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Name: default

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Base Dir: /opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Base URL: file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Config URL: file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/conf/

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Home Dir: /opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default

19:16:29,308 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Home URL: file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/

19:16:29,309 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Data Dir: /home/rms/log_jboss/data

19:16:29,309 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Library URL: file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/lib/

19:16:29,309 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Log Dir: /home/rms/log_jboss/log

19:16:29,309 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Native Dir: /home/rms/log_jboss/tmp/native

19:16:29,309 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Temp Dir: /home/rms/log_jboss/tmp

19:16:29,309 INFO  [ServerImpl] Server Temp Deploy Dir: /home/rms/log_jboss/tmp/deploy

19:16:29,898 INFO  [ServerImpl] Starting Microcontainer, bootstrapURL=file:/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/conf/bootstrap.xml

19:16:30,414 INFO  [VFSCacheFactory] Initializing VFSCache [org.jboss.virtual.plugins.cache.CombinedVFSCache]

19:16:30,416 INFO  [VFSCacheFactory] Using VFSCache [CombinedVFSCache[real-cache: null]]

19:16:30,672 INFO  [CopyMechanism] VFS temp dir: /home/rms/log_jboss/tmp

19:16:30,675 INFO  [ZipEntryContext] VFS force nested jars copy-mode is enabled.

19:16:31,930 INFO  [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.6.0_13,Sun Microsystems Inc.

19:16:31,930 INFO  [ServerInfo] Java Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03)

19:16:31,930 INFO  [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 11.3-b02,Sun Microsystems Inc.

19:16:31,930 INFO  [ServerInfo] OS-System: Linux 2.6.18-164.el5,amd64

19:16:31,931 INFO  [ServerInfo] VM arguments: -Dprogram.name=run.sh -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Dorg.jboss.resolver.warning=true -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Ddeploy.root=/home/rms/RMS -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/home/rms/logging.properties -Djboss.server.log.dir=/home/rms/log_jboss/log -Djboss.server.temp.dir=/home/rms/log_jboss/tmp -Djboss.server.data.dir=/home/rms/log_jboss/data -Duser.timezone=GMT -Djava.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory=COM.soundbite.base.dbpreferences.DBPreferencesFactory -Djava.security.auth.policy==/home/rms/RMS/etc/auth/authLogin.policy -Djava.security.auth.login.config=/home/rms/RMS/etc/auth/ntlogin.conf -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dsun.lang.ClassLoader.allowArraySyntax=true -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/lib/endorsed

19:16:31,968 INFO  [JMXKernel] Legacy JMX core initialized

19:16:34,310 INFO  [ProfileServiceBootstrap] Loading profile: ProfileKey@32d35f5f[domain=default, server=default, name=default]

19:16:35,853 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Start: name=jboss:service=AttributePersistenceService state=Create mode=Manual requiredState=Installed

java.lang.Exception: The base directory is not valid: /opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/data/xmbean-attrs