LOL Eric - sounds like you went down the same path I did and then come back to Joomsef - that says a lot for Joomsef and I might say and this is not a plug for any reason but to say Joomsef IS the BEST sef component for Joomla and I have tried them all.
You would have read one of my previous posts where I was trying out the other sef components and even said here on these foru7ms I was moving to sh404Sef but in the end that caused more issues than not.
I returned to Joomsef, re installed it after un installing sh404sef, the Sef Advanced and a few others and woot Joomsef is happily working again.
All I can say is if you are reading this thread and you are having issues try this (even if it seems a bit weird);
1) uninstall Joomsef - yes uninstall it
2) If your using any cache clear it
3) Try reinstalling Joomsef again and check if it is now fixed, if not go to 4) if it does your a happy chap again :)
4) Uninstall Joomsef again
5) install sh404sef and turn it on
6) uninstall jsh404sef
7) reinstall Jomsef
This is what I have done for two sites both dev and production and as said happy chap :)
Now all the above may be over the top and not really an answer as it may simply be a cache issue - buggered if I know... The above as always should be tested and run on an exact duplicate of your site - i.e. your development site (Joomla Cloner is excellent for this)
Cheers
Greg
