[Serusers] need help please, v0.9.0 problems

hi guys, i need help please. very new on SER. i just installed v0.9.0(ser-0.9.0_src.tar) using "make prefix=/usr/local all" then "make prefix=/usr/local install". looks like everything was installed. ser.cfg is /usr/local/etc/ser and executables are in /usr/local/sbin. the modules are in their correct directory as shown in the ser.cfg. my problem is when i do a "serctl start" i get this problem: [root@SIPserver sbin]# serctl start Starting SER : PID file /var/run/ser.pid does not exist -- SER start failed secondly, if i do a "serctl moni" i get this message: [root@SIPserver sbin]# serctl moni Error opening ser's FIFO /tmp/ser_fifo Make sure you have line fifo=/tmp/ser_fifo in your config i am sure that the default ser.cfg has the line fifo=/tmp/ser_fifo. thirdly, if i do a "ser start" i get this message but it looks like ser is not still running: [root@SIPserver sbin]# ser start Listening on udp: 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1]:5060 udp: 146.82.219.99 [146.82.219.99]:5060 tcp: 127.0.0.1 [127.0.0.1]:5060 tcp: 146.82.219.99 [146.82.219.99]:5060 Aliases: tcp: SIPserver.islandtel.com.ph:5060 tcp: localhost:5060 tcp: localhost.localdomain:5060 tcp: SIPserver:5060 udp: SIPserver.islandtel.com.ph:5060 udp: localhost:5060 udp: localhost.localdomain:5060 udp: SIPserver:5060 [root@SIPserver sbin]# other info about the server are the following: [root@SIPserver sbin]# ser -V version: ser 0.9.0 (i386/linux) flags: STATS: Off, USE_IPV6, USE_TCP, DISABLE_NAGLE, USE_MCAST, DNS_IP_HACK, SHM_MEM, SHM_MMAP, PKG_MALLOC, DBG_QM_MALLOC, FAST_LOCK-ADAPTIVE_WAIT ADAPTIVE_WAIT_LOOPS=1024, MAX_RECV_BUFFER_SIZE 262144, MAX_LISTEN 16, MAX_URI_SIZE 1024, BUF_SIZE 65535 @(#) $Id: main.c,v 1.197 2004/12/03 19:09:31 andrei Exp $ main.c compiled on 14:40:36 Apr 19 2005 with gcc 3.2 [root@SIPserver sbin]# uname -a Linux SIPserver 2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@SIPserver sbin]# any help regarding my problem will be highly appreciated. best regards, Noel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com