Hi there, My problem is with firing up the reggie lookup service. It works fine on my Linux box at work but croaks on my Linux box at home after spawning a pile of child processes. I get an error like the following: java.rmi.activation.ActivateFailedException: failed to activate object; nested exception is: java.rmi.activation.ActivationException: exception in object constructor; nested exception is: java.net.SocketException: error setting options java.rmi.activation.ActivationException: exception in object constructor; nested exception is: java.net.SocketException: error setting options java.net.SocketException: error setting options at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:246) at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:223) at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:126) at sun.rmi.server.Activation$ActivatorImpl_Stub.activate(Unknown Source) at java.rmi.activation.ActivationID.activate(ActivationID.java:94) at sun.rmi.server.ActivatableRef.activate(ActivatableRef.java:255) at sun.rmi.server.ActivatableRef.invoke(ActivatableRef.java:114) at com.sun.jini.reggie.RegistrarImpl_Stub.getServiceID(Unknown Source) at com.sun.jini.reggie.CreateLookup.create(CreateLookup.java:83) at com.sun.jini.reggie.CreateLookup.create(CreateLookup.java:176) at com.sun.jini.reggie.CreateLookup.main(CreateLookup.java:369) I am running identical versions of Red Hat (5.2) and have networking configured at both places (I have an ethernet at home). the rmid deamon appears to work fine. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanx in advance. nick ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]