Thanks Ian and David,
I am still at the same place thought. The server log says:
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [geotools.util] - Error applying the converter class org.geotools.util.NumericConverterFactory$NumericConverter on (0,4,class java.lang.Double)
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: “0,4”
at sun.misc.FloatingDecimal.readJavaFormatString(Unknown Source)
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2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 WARN [geotools.rendering] - Assuming rendering buffer = 0, but estimation is not accurate, you may want to set a buffer manually
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [geotools.rendering] - Querying layer inos_1990_pyram_f with bbox: ReferencedEnvelope[2323148.6978267 : 2363985.7137593, 1.5649517437866E7 : 1.5690354453799E7]
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.qix by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shp by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shp by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.qix by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.qix by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - IndexFile has been opened. Number open: 1
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shx by org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.IndexFile
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - Reading from file…
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [index.quadtree] - QuadTree opened
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.qix by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.dbf by org.geotools.data.shapefile.dbf.IndexedDbaseFileReader
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - Dbase File Reader has been opened. Number open: 1
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shp by org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.ShapefileReader
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - Shapefile Reader has been opened. Number open: 1
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - IndexFile has been opened. Number open: 1
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shx by org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.IndexFile
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - Memory mapping file…
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.fix by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shp by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shp by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.fix by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedShapefileDataStore: inos_1990_pyram_f
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.fix by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedFidReader
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - IndexedFidReader has been opened. Number open: 1
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [geotools.data] - Recasting feature type to subtype by using a ReTypeFeatureReader
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shp by org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.ShapefileReader
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - Shapefile Reader has been closed. Number open: 0
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shx by org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.IndexFile
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - IndexFile has been closed. Number open: 0
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.dbf by org.geotools.data.shapefile.dbf.IndexedDbaseFileReader
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - Dbase File Reader has been closed. Number open: 0
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.shx by org.geotools.data.shapefile.shp.IndexFile
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - IndexFile has been closed. Number open: 0
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [data.shapefile] - Read lock: file:/d:/data_dir/data/shapefiles/inos/inos_1990_pyram_f.fix by org.geotools.data.shapefile.indexed.IndexedFidReader
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 TRACE [data.shapefile] - IndexedFidReader has been closed. Number open: 0
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [geotools.rendering] - Style cache hit ratio: NaN , hits 0, requests 0
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [renderer.shape] - Style cache hit ratio: NaN , hits 0, requests 0
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [wms.responses] - asking delegate for write to org.geoserver.ows.DispatcherOutputStream@anonymised.com
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [map.png] - Writing png image …
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [geotools.image] - Encoded input image for png writer
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [geotools.image] - Getting a writer
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [geotools.image] - Setting write parameters for this writer
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [geotools.image] - Writer is NOT native
2011-01-10 00:12:14,891 DEBUG [geotools.image] - About to write png image
2011-01-10 00:12:14,906 DEBUG [map.png] - Writing png image … done!