My GlassFish version is v2ur1-b09d-linux. I downloaded it from here:
https://glassfish.dev.java.net/downloads/v2ur1-b09d.html . I ran the example application you told me and it seems to work fine. Jars in the lib directory you mentioned are exactly the same. There's no extra software - it's a fresh install on both machines (at home and at work). No stacktraces during server startup. The exception I get with the adminGUI application is below. Thanks for quick response!
Mike
[#|2008-02-19T21:05:22.998+0100|SEVERE|sun-appserver9.1|javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=16;_ThreadName=httpWorkerThread-4848-1;_RequestID=b56366c7-9a77-4399-91f2-3e3cbebee0cb;|WebModule[]StandardWrapper.Throwable
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cant create Lifecycle for id: com.sun.faces.lifecycle.PARTIAL.
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleFactoryImpl.getLifecycle(LifecycleFactoryImpl.java:226)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:170)
at com.sun.enterprise.tools.admingui.servlet.DelayedInitFacesServlet.init(DelayedInitFacesServlet.java:81)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:832)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:197)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:271)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:571)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:1080)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:571)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:1080)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:272)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(DefaultProcessorTask.java:637)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.doProcess(DefaultProcessorTask.java:568)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.process(DefaultProcessorTask.java:813)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.executeProcessorTask(DefaultReadTask.java:341)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.doTask(DefaultReadTask.java:263)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.doTask(DefaultReadTask.java:214)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.TaskBase.run(TaskBase.java:265)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.WorkerThreadImpl.run(WorkerThreadImpl.java:116)
|#]
[#|2008-02-19T21:05:22.999+0100|SEVERE|sun-appserver9.1|javax.enterprise.system.container.web|_ThreadID=16;_ThreadName=httpWorkerThread-4848-1;_RequestID=b56366c7-9a77-4399-91f2-3e3cbebee0cb;|StandardWrapperValve[FacesServlet]: PWC1382: Allocate exception for servlet FacesServlet
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cant create Lifecycle for id: com.sun.faces.lifecycle.PARTIAL.
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleFactoryImpl.getLifecycle(LifecycleFactoryImpl.java:226)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:170)
at com.sun.enterprise.tools.admingui.servlet.DelayedInitFacesServlet.init(DelayedInitFacesServlet.java:81)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:832)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:197)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:271)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:571)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:1080)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:632)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:577)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:571)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:1080)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:272)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(DefaultProcessorTask.java:637)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.doProcess(DefaultProcessorTask.java:568)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultProcessorTask.process(DefaultProcessorTask.java:813)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.executeProcessorTask(DefaultReadTask.java:341)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.doTask(DefaultReadTask.java:263)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.DefaultReadTask.doTask(DefaultReadTask.java:214)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.TaskBase.run(TaskBase.java:265)
at com.sun.enterprise.web.connector.grizzly.WorkerThreadImpl.run(WorkerThreadImpl.java:116)
|#]
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