Server does not start unless CONSOLE handler is specified in logging.properties.

If I change the logging configuration (standalone/configuration/logging.properties) as the following to prevent console logging:

#logger.handlers=FILE,CONSOLE
logger.handlers=FILE

Server does not start. The log file (standalone/log/boot.log) seems broken and sometimes OutOfMemoryError is recorded:

10:42:26,615 INFO [stdout] ]): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
10:42:26,615 INFO [stdout] at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:2882) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,615 INFO [stdout] at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.expandCapacity(AbstractStringBuilder.java:100) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,615 INFO [stdout] at java.lang.StringBuilder.append(StringBuilder.java:130) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,615 INFO [stdout] at java.lang.StringBuilder.append(StringBuilder.java:171) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,615 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.formatters.Formatters$JustifyingFormatStep.render(Formatters.java:157) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,615 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.formatters.MultistepFormatter.format(MultistepFormatter.java:86) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.ExtFormatter.format(ExtFormatter.java:35) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.WriterHandler.doPublish(WriterHandler.java:49) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.ExtHandler.publish(ExtHandler.java:64) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.LoggerNode.publish(LoggerNode.java:283) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.LoggerNode.publish(LoggerNode.java:291) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.Logger.logRaw(Logger.java:649) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.Logger.log(Logger.java:434) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.stdio.AbstractLoggingWriter.write(AbstractLoggingWriter.java:71)
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.stdio.WriterOutputStream.finish(WriterOutputStream.java:137)
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.stdio.WriterOutputStream.write(WriterOutputStream.java:106)
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at java.io.PrintStream.write(PrintStream.java:430) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.stdio.StdioContext$DelegatingPrintStream.write(StdioContext.java:225)
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.UncloseableOutputStream.write(UncloseableOutputStream.java:47) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:202) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implWrite(StreamEncoder.java:263) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.write(StreamEncoder.java:106) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.write(StreamEncoder.java:116) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.write(OutputStreamWriter.java:203) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at java.io.Writer.write(Writer.java:140) [:1.6.0_20]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.WriterHandler.doPublish(WriterHandler.java:68) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.ExtHandler.publish(ExtHandler.java:64) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.LoggerNode.publish(LoggerNode.java:283) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.LoggerNode.publish(LoggerNode.java:291) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.Logger.logRaw(Logger.java:649) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.logmanager.Logger.log(Logger.java:434) [jboss-logmanager-1.2.0.GA.jar:1.2.0.GA]
10:42:26,616 INFO [stdout] at org.jboss.stdio.AbstractLoggingWriter.write(AbstractLoggingWriter.java:71)