Hey CJ,

This is probably an incorrect config file issue. Start off by making sure you delete /var/run/ser.pid then try 'serctl start'. When you get the error message, check your syslog (on redhat-based systems /var/log/messages - you can make it easier by running '/var/log/messages | tail' to see only the last 10 lines). With a bit of luck this will point to which bit of your config is incorrect.

Hope it helps. Good luck!

Dave

-----Original Message----- From: serusers-bounces@iptel.org [mailto:serusers-bounces@lists.iptel.org] On Behalf Of CJ Benson Sent: 31 July 2004 15:20 To: serusers@lists.iptel.org Subject: [Serusers] SER won't start: can't find PID file

Greetings,

I'm having a problem I'm just can't seem to fix. I'm not a newbie to Linux, but by the same token, I'm not a GURU either. I'm trying to set up SER and so far everything is going according to plan, except for one little problem.

When trying to start SER I get the following message:

Starting SER: cat: /var/run/ser.pid: No such file or directory.

SO for fun I touched a file with that name in that directory to see what would happen. I then get:

Starting SER: PID file exists! (/var/run/ser.pid) already running?

This is all obtained by running "serctl start". Prior to running I ran "ser -ddd -P /var/run/ser.pid" then I run serctrl, but am left being stuck in this situation.

Your help would me be appreciated.

Cheers, CJ

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