Hi CJ, Sorry for disturbing you but I have the same pb than you've got regarding the serctl start with 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. I'm stuck too in this situation and perhaps you have resolved this situation. Hope you can help me. best regards, Christian Thomas Diretor Executivo cthomas(a)canalwest.com <mailto:cthomas@canalwest.com> www.canalwest.com Tel +55 (48) 2107 2728 / Fax +55 (48) 333 3745 Atendimento SP (11) 5644 9889 Atendimento RJ (21) 3523 0393 Atendimento SC (48) 3027 2450