ICEfaces 1.5, 1.6 do not support JSF 1.2 runtimes with JSPs. This is the reason for the failures running the Address Demo.

Note that beginning with ICEfaces 1.6 running on JSF 1.2 runtimes, such as that included with JBoss 4.2, is supported for Facelet applications only. Thus, the Facelet sample applications such as the Facelet Comp. Showcase and Timezone #7 will work correctly on JBoss 4.2.

Progress in ICE-1699 allows JSP-based ICEfaces applications to be used with JSF 1.2 libraries.

There must be specific features that fail outside the JSF 1.1 compatibility mode. I just tested auctionMonitor with XSI-based web.xml and faces-config.xml on glassfish and it shows no problems.

Superficial testing with component-showcase (JSP) on glassfish with JSF 1.2 shows no complications with the following entries in web.xml and faces-config.xml respectively:

<web-app version="2.5"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">

<faces-config xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-facesconfig_1_2.xsd"
version="1.2">

The reported problems may be facelets-specific or may not be present in the current build.

I am having the same problem on Tomcat 6.0.13. The exception stack looks like:

Aug 7, 2007 5:19:26 PM com.icesoft.faces.application.D2DViewHandler <clinit>
INFO:
ICEsoft Technologies, Inc.
ICEfaces 1.6.0
Build number: 15
Revision: 14409

Aug 7, 2007 5:19:42 PM com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl phase
WARNING: executePhase(RESTORE_VIEW 1,com.icesoft.faces.context.BridgeFacesContext@abe654) threw exception
javax.faces.application.ViewExpiredException: viewId:/logon.faces - View /logon.faces could not be restored.
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.execute(RestoreViewPhase.java:185)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:117)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.core.PageServer$1.respond(PageServer.java:25)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.ServletRequestResponse.respondWith(ServletRequestResponse.java:125)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.core.PageServer.service(PageServer.java:31)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.BasicAdaptingServlet.service(BasicAdaptingServlet.java:16)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.SingleViewServlet.service(SingleViewServlet.java:45)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher$Matcher.serviceOnMatch(PathDispatcher.java:52)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher.service(PathDispatcher.java:29)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.MainSessionBoundServlet.service(MainSessionBoundServlet.java:97)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.SessionDispatcher.service(SessionDispatcher.java:35)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher$Matcher.serviceOnMatch(PathDispatcher.java:52)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher.service(PathDispatcher.java:29)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.MainServlet.service(MainServlet.java:85)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:261)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:581)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

I'm trying to use ICEfaces 1.6 with facelets (using the icefaces-facelets jar) and JSF 1.2 with the Sun-RI implementation. I'm encountering the same problem. I get the following stack trace when I try to run a sample app using the XMLSchema syntax for both the web and faces-config xml files:

javax.faces.application.ViewExpiredException: viewId:/intro.iface - View /intro.iface could not be restored.
com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.execute(RestoreViewPhase.java:187)
com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251)
com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:117)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.core.PageServer$1.respond(PageServer.java:25)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.ServletRequestResponse.respondWith(ServletRequestResponse.java:125)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.core.PageServer.service(PageServer.java:31)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.BasicAdaptingServlet.service(BasicAdaptingServlet.java:16)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.MultiViewServlet.service(MultiViewServlet.java:53)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher$Matcher.serviceOnMatch(PathDispatcher.java:52)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher.service(PathDispatcher.java:29)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.MainSessionBoundServlet.service(MainSessionBoundServlet.java:97)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.SessionDispatcher.service(SessionDispatcher.java:35)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher$Matcher.serviceOnMatch(PathDispatcher.java:52)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher.service(PathDispatcher.java:29)
com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.MainServlet.service(MainServlet.java:85)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.java:694)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:665)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:54)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:393)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)

I was able to get it working (workaround) by using the JSF 1.1 DTD syntax for faces-config.xml. I did NOT need to change my JSF 1.2 XMLSchema syntax for web.xml.

So, to sum up, my workaround involved a DTD syntax for faces-config.xml and XMLSchema syntax for web.xml.

Brahm, Can you post your configuration? I'm still having this problem, regards.