[Serusers] Strange SER hanging problem

Hello all, I have not been able to get my SER to work properly on this SuSE Linux Pro 9.2 machine. SER appears to hang endlessly. The binary compiled from src just fine. I can't tell exactly where the problem is, can anyone lend help in deciphering where to find the culprit, please? One clue: SER is trying to open the config file because when I rename it, it errors out. But when it opens the file, it just hangs. I have even tried inserting random text, and it still hangs. So it appears to not be parsing the text? machine:/usr/local/etc/ser # machine:/usr/local/etc/ser # mv ser.cfg ser.bak machine:/usr/local/etc/ser # ser ERROR: loading config file(/usr/local/etc/ser/ser.cfg): No such file or directory machine:/usr/local/etc/ser # mv ser.bak ser.cfg machine:/usr/local/etc/ser # ser