Nov 1 09:54:32 lb53 pulse: SIOCGIFADDR failed: Cannot assign requested address Nov 1 09:54:32 lb53 pulse: failed to bind to heartbeat address: Cannot assign requested address Nov 1 09:54:32 lb53 pulse: pulse: cannot create heartbeat socket. running as root? Nov 1 09:54:32 lb53 pulse: pulse startup failed --- The error seems to be that pulse cannot start because something is already running on port 539. Checking the system however shows that nothing is running on that port so? Mike -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster