ActionView::Base.field_error_proc not getting an error field

In my User form I have standard field to get user record attributes (first_name, last_name and email) I also have a select drop_down to choose a role from an array first_name, last_name and email are user record attributes, but I defined the role name as a virtual attribute

validates_presence_of :email, :last_name

attr_accessor :role_name validates_presence_of :role_name, :if => :role_name_required?, :message => 'must be selected'

when testing with a blank form, I get all errors detected during User model validation, which is fine...

BUT

ActionView::Base.field_error_proc doesn't get the role_name error, so I cannot change the style of the select

I checked it , debugging the proc :

ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = Proc.new do |html_tag, instance| debugger ..

I just get the html_tag for email and last_name, never for role_name ...

what's wrong ?

thanks for your lights ..