Downloaded and installed prelude. Admin console shows up now. So, I'm pretty sure there is nothing wrong with the system or the setup.
But it's not over. The problem now is that the help page doesn't work.
[#|2009-07-20T22:37:04.755-0700|WARNING|glassfish|com.sun.webui.jsf|_ThreadID=18;_ThreadName=Thread-3;|WEBUI0002: The following Message ID was not found in the the com.sun.webui.jsf.resources.LogMessages ResourceBundle: Can not create helpset for en locale: javax.help.HelpSetException: Could not parse
[Message sent by forum member 'gniontas' (gniontas)]
http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=356768