jboss as with native folder containing libraries fails to start through the jbds2 server manager.

Unable to launch the server when a native directory containing native libraries is in the bin directory...

The debug perspective launches immediately after starting the server in debug mode, and this is the stack I see:

org.jboss.Main at localhost:4798
Thread [main] (Suspended (exception ClassNotFoundException))
URLClassLoader$1.run() line: 200 [local variables unavailable]
AccessController.doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction, AccessControlContext) line: not available [native method]
Launcher$AppClassLoader(URLClassLoader).findClass(String) line: 188
Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String, boolean) line: 306
Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(String, boolean) line: 268
Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String) line: 251
Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClassInternal(String) line: 319

This error message appears in the console. Nothing else is output to the console:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: C:/jboss-4/2/3/GA/bin/native

Then I "stop" the server by clicking the red square. Sometimes an error message dialog appears that the main class def wasn't found. The last time i tried though I didn't get an error dialog.

Nothing appears in the eclipse error log.

In the log file for the server located in the workspace metadata is this content:

!SESSION 2009-03-14 10:59:57.372 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=M20090107-0800
java.version=1.5.0_17
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 0 33751041 2009-03-14 18:24:13.629
!MESSAGE Module /saa-ear/resources/saa-ds.xml copied.

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 0 33685505 2009-03-14 18:24:16.254
!MESSAGE 9 files modified in module saa-ear

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 0 33685505 2009-03-14 18:24:16.348
!MESSAGE 8 files modified in module saa-ejb

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 0 33685505 2009-03-14 18:24:21.395
!MESSAGE 48 files modified in module saa

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 0 33685505 2009-03-14 18:24:21.535
!MESSAGE 1 files modified in module lib/saa-ear/EarContent/flamingo-service-1.7.1.jar

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 0 33685505 2009-03-14 18:24:21.754
!MESSAGE 1 files modified in module lib/saa-ear/EarContent/jboss-seam.jar

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 0 33685505 2009-03-14 18:24:21.926
!MESSAGE 1 files modified in module lib/saa-ear/EarContent/mvel14.jar

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 1 16842760 2009-03-14 18:24:22.051
!MESSAGE Server Starting

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 2 16908288 2009-03-14 18:24:23.176
!MESSAGE Could not obtain connection to any of these urls: localhost:1099
!STACK 0
javax.naming.CommunicationException: Could not obtain connection to any of these urls: localhost:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect]]]
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.checkRef(NamingContext.java:1562)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:634)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:627)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351)
at org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core.extensions.jmx.JMXSafeRunner.run(JMXSafeRunner.java:56)
at org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core.extensions.jmx.JMXSafeRunner.run(JMXSafeRunner.java:35)
at org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core.extensions.polling.JMXPoller$PollerRunnable.run(JMXPoller.java:110)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect]]
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:274)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.checkRef(NamingContext.java:1533)
... 7 more
Caused by: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect]
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:248)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:520)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:470)
at java.net.Socket.(Socket.java:367)
at java.net.Socket.(Socket.java:267)
at org.jnp.interfaces.TimedSocketFactory.createSocket(TimedSocketFactory.java:84)
at org.jnp.interfaces.TimedSocketFactory.createSocket(TimedSocketFactory.java:77)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:244)
... 8 more

!ENTRY org.jboss.ide.eclipse.as.core 1 16973825 2009-03-14 18:30:26.774
!MESSAGE Server processes have been terminated.

I suspect that the server connect error is simply the result of the server never starting.