I created my own icefaces POM and configured its dependencies. The target environment was JSF 1.2, Servlet 2.5, and Java 1.5.

Built a war, and a very simple sample application.

Kept on receiving:

HTTP ERROR: 500

/index.jsfThe expected view was not returned for the view identifier: /index.jsf

RequestURI=/web-app-modern/index.jsf
Caused by:

javax.faces.application.ViewExpiredException: /index.jsfThe expected view was not returned for the view identifier: /index.jsf
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RestoreViewExecutor.execute(RestoreViewExecutor.java:88)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:95)
at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:70)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.core.PageServer$1.respond(PageServer.java:25)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.ServletRequestResponse.respondWith(ServletRequestResponse.java:125)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.core.PageServer.service(PageServer.java:31)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.BasicAdaptingServlet.service(BasicAdaptingServlet.java:16)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.MultiViewServlet.service(MultiViewServlet.java:53)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher$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$Matcher.serviceOnMatch(PathDispatcher.java:52)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.PathDispatcher.service(PathDispatcher.java:29)
at com.icesoft.faces.webapp.http.servlet.MainServlet.service(MainServlet.java:85)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:487)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:363)
at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:712)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:406)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:211)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:139)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:313)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:506)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:830)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:514)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:211)
at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:381)
at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:396)
at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:442)