I've found what was causing the problem with iggy. The pid.iggy file on the server had become corrupted. So all that I had to do was delete that file then start the bot. The linux system then automatically installed a correct version of the corrupted file. The only problem now is that while iggy was away, another user has started to use the nick "iggy". Until we get it back, iggy will be in #mensa, but with a different nick, e.g. iggy_81. Peterre The unexamined life is not worth living.- Socrates What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.- Aristotle http://alamo.satexas.com/~dizzy/mensa.html