Richard, > where did you drop commons-logging.jar OR commons-logging-api.jar (one, > but NOT both please). This can happen if you have > commons-logging in BOTH > your host library and your EAR/WAR file(s).
[aside: this only occurs if I make SOAP calls from the tomcat 'kernel'. SOAP calls from webapps work fine] I have had commons-logging.jar in [tomcat]/common/lib and in my Cocoon web-inf/lib (e.g. came with WAR file). I will try to remove the one in my webapp and see. Per