Hi Paul,
By my reading of your exception stack trace, you are deploying a Web Module 
which does not implement javax.servlet.Servlet and does not contain a 
webservices.xml description. IMO, there's a bug (the NullPointerException) 
which is preventing you from getting this more descriptive Exception:

throw new DeploymentException("No web service deployment info for servlet 
name " + servletName);

If a "servlet" is not a javax.servlet.Servlet, Geronimo is going to require 
a webservices.xml to be defined.

Make any sense? If not, you'll need to tell us a bit more about your Web 
Modules. 

--kevan

On 9/19/05, paul.newport@targetgroup.net <paul.newport@targetgroup.net> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> "What version of Geronimo are you using? For example, M4 or svn HEAD?" 
> 
> Hi, sorry, neglected to mention that - M4 on Windows XP.
>  
> 
> Paul Newport
> Systems Consultant
> Tel: +44 (0) 117 917 0600
> Fax: +44 (0) 117 917 0660 
> 
> 
>   
> *Aaron Mulder <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu>* 
> Sent by: ammulder@gmail.com 
> 
> 19/09/2005 13:07 
> Please respond to user 
>  
> To: user@geronimo.apache.org 
> cc: 
> Subject: Re: Null pointer when deploying web app 
> 
> 
> What version of Geronimo are you using? For example, M4 or svn HEAD?
> 
> Thanks,
> Aaron
> 
> On 9/19/05, paul.newport@targetgroup.net <paul.newport@targetgroup.net> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > I've got this error when tryign to deploy a Websphere produced EAR file,
> > containing (amonsgt other thigns) EJB and Web modules. I am now stuck 
> with
> > this error. Does anyone have any inkling as to what might cause this ? 
> > 
> > org.apache.geronimo.common.DeploymentException: Unable to
> > initialize webapp GBean 
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.jetty.deployment.JettyModuleBuilder.addGBeans(
> JettyModuleBuilder.java:776)
> > at
> > 
> org.apache.geronimo.jetty.deployment.JettyModuleBuilder$$FastClassByCGLIB$$b30bba8a.invoke
> (<generated>)
> > at
> > net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) 
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(
> FastMethodInvoker.java:38)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(
> GBeanOperation.java:118)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(
> GBeanInstance.java:719)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.RawInvoker.invoke(RawInvoker.java:57)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.RawOperationInvoker.invoke(
> RawOperationInvoker.java:36)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.ProxyMethodInterceptor.intercept(
> ProxyMethodInterceptor.java:94)
> > at
> > 
> org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.ModuleBuilder$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$72e830bb.addGBeans
> (<generated>)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.EARConfigBuilder.buildConfiguration(
> EARConfigBuilder.java:377)
> > at
> > 
> org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.EARConfigBuilder$$FastClassByCGLIB$$38e56ec6.invoke
> (<generated>)
> > at
> > net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) 
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(
> FastMethodInvoker.java:38)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(
> GBeanOperation.java:118)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(
> GBeanInstance.java:719)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.RawInvoker.invoke(RawInvoker.java:57)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.RawOperationInvoker.invoke(
> RawOperationInvoker.java:36)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.ProxyMethodInterceptor.intercept(
> ProxyMethodInterceptor.java:94)
> > at
> > 
> org.apache.geronimo.deployment.ConfigurationBuilder$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$39a3c2b1.buildConfiguration
> (<generated>)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.deployment.Deployer.deploy(Deployer.java:165)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.deployment.Deployer.deploy(Deployer.java:79)
> > at
> > 
> org.apache.geronimo.deployment.Deployer$$FastClassByCGLIB$$734a235d.invoke
> (<generated>)
> > at
> > net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) 
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(
> FastMethodInvoker.java:38)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(
> GBeanOperation.java:118)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(
> GBeanInstance.java:754)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicKernel.invoke(BasicKernel.java
> :175)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.kernel.KernelGBean.invoke(KernelGBean.java:124)
> > at
> > 
> org.apache.geronimo.kernel.KernelGBean$$FastClassByCGLIB$$1cccefc9.invoke
> (<generated>)
> > at
> > net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) 
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(
> FastMethodInvoker.java:38)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(
> GBeanOperation.java:118)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(
> GBeanInstance.java:754)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicKernel.invoke(BasicKernel.java
> :175)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.kernel.jmx.MBeanServerDelegate.invoke(
> MBeanServerDelegate.java:117)
> > at
> > mx4j.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionInvoker.invoke(RMIConnectionInvoker.java
> :219)
> > at
> > sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor86.invoke(Unknown
> > Source) 
> > at
> > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
> DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) 
> > at
> > mx4j.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionProxy.invoke(RMIConnectionProxy.java:34)
> > at
> > mx4j.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.chain(
> RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.java:99)
> > at
> > mx4j.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.access$000(
> RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.java:31)
> > at
> > mx4j.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker$1.run(
> RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.java:90)
> > at
> > java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) 
> > at
> > javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:499)
> > at
> > mx4j.remote.MX4JRemoteUtils.subjectInvoke(MX4JRemoteUtils.java:163)
> > at
> > mx4j.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.subjectInvoke(
> RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.java:86)
> > at
> > mx4j.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.invoke(
> RMIConnectionSubjectInvoker.java:80)
> > at $Proxy0.invoke(Unknown Source) 
> > at
> > javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(
> RMIConnectionImpl.java:221)
> > at
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> > at
> > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
> NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> > at
> > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
> DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) 
> > at
> > sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:261)
> > at
> > sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:148) 
> > at
> > java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) 
> > at
> > sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:144)
> > at
> > sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:460)
> > at
> > sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(
> TCPTransport.java:701)
> > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) 
> > Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException 
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.jetty.deployment.JettyModuleBuilder.addServlet(
> JettyModuleBuilder.java:896)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.jetty.deployment.JettyModuleBuilder.addServlets(
> JettyModuleBuilder.java:852)
> > at
> > org.apache.geronimo.jetty.deployment.JettyModuleBuilder.addGBeans(
> JettyModuleBuilder.java:736)
> > ... 61 more 
> > 
> > Paul Newport
> > Systems Consultant
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