O.k. thanks, There are a number of lines like this: mailman 2485 2468 2485 0 1 Jun29 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python2.4 /u ...and a few like this: root 12796 11967 12796 0 1 13:10 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/ I can't see anything relating to zope specifically & running the zopect1 command results in this: root@server [/usr/local/zope/instance3/bin]# /usr/local/zope/instance3/bin/zopect1 fg -bash: /usr/local/zope/instance3/bin/zopect1: No such file or directory -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan [mailto:dev101@magma.ca] Sent: 05 July 2006 16:15 To: russ; zope@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope installation woes At the o/s command prompt, type: ps -eLf You should see a listing which contains some zope/python entries if zope is running. If zope is not running try starting zope with the command: ./zopectl fg this should allow you to see any errors that are generated while zope tries to start up. hth Jonathan