When I check the ser.cfg file, which is set up according Chapter 3.1 of the Dan Austin SER Howto I got this error: 0(6666) loading module /usr/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so 0(6666) ERROR: load_module: could not open module </usr/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so>: /usr/lib/ser/modules/mysq so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory 0(6666) parse error (29,13-43): failed to load module Sure enough the mysql.so module is not in /usr/lib/ser/modules/ I read through the mailing list and find a number of references to this sort of problem but nothing that seems directly relevant. I have installed mysql using apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client. Mysql installed ok and I was also able to run ser_mysql.sh successfully. Two users set up and also the ser database was set up successfully. I note that the tables created were a bit different to that shown in the howto ie 19 rows not 14 as shown. Didn't bother to check why there was a difference though. I have used the stable debian version of SER. Best regards Martin Coggin Information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the person to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error please delete it immediately and also reply to me to let me know. Thank you for your help.