Dear Cocoon lovers, Sorry for the polution on the lists about Websphere. I have solved the problems. I forgot to clean the Websphere cache (in various temp and wstemp directories) when I changed the settings. I must say that the Wiki info is not that clear. The following works for me:
Most important is to add a file to your classes directory called commons-logging.properties. It contains one line: org.apache.commons.logging.Logfactory=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Lo gFactoryImpl Funny hey. Let's solve this in Cocoon 2.1.8. There is no need for ParanoidCocoonServlet or setting init-classloader to true. Use Websphere console http://localhost:9060/ibm/console - on the left click on + Applications - click on Enterprise Applications - on the right click on your application - set Class Loader mode to PARENT_LAST - set WAR class loader policy to APPLICATION That's it. Kees
