--- core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/initiator/AbstractSocketInitiator.java (original)
+++ core/src/main/java/quickfix/mina/initiator/AbstractSocketInitiator.java
@@ -71,17 +71,21 @@
     protected AbstractSocketInitiator(SessionSettings settings, SessionFactory sessionFactory)
             throws ConfigError {
         super(settings, sessionFactory);
-        //try {
+        try {
+// ry 2010-09-13: What the heck are the two ByteBuffer statements doing here?  This s.b. static initialization.
             ByteBuffer.setAllocator(new SimpleByteBufferAllocator());
             ByteBuffer.setUseDirectBuffers(false);
-//        } catch (FieldConvertError e) {
-//            throw new ConfigError(e);
-//        }
+// ry 2010-09-13: Restore createSessions() to its old spot.
+            createSessions();
+        } catch (FieldConvertError e) {
+            throw new ConfigError(e);
+        }
     }
 
     protected void createSessionInitiators(EventHandlingStrategy eventHandlingStrategy) throws ConfigError {
         try {
-            createSessions();
+// ry 2010-09-13: Restore createSessions() to its old spot.
+//            createSessions();
             for (Session session : getSessionMap().values()) {
                 SessionID sessionID = session.getSessionID();
                 int reconnectingInterval = getReconnectIntervalInSeconds(sessionID);
--- core/src/main/java/quickfix/ThreadedSocketInitiator.java (original)
+++ core/src/main/java/quickfix/ThreadedSocketInitiator.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
 
     public void start() throws ConfigError, RuntimeError {
         createSessionInitiators(eventHandlingStrategy);
+// ry 2010-09-13: Restore createSessions() to its old spot, also impacts here.
+        for (Session session : getSessionMap().values()) {
+            Session.registerSession(session);
+        }
         startInitiators();
     }