This time I get this far:
EmpWake v0.98 running as pid 134

opening display...

loading config file...

opening config file...

fd: 4

bytes read: 953
Still no trace of it using ps -ef. I thought that perhaps it does not have enough free memory, so I tried enabling swapping. No change. Anything else I could try?
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Dragi "Bonzi" Raos Q#5196 MkII #080000376, 18GB green MkIIa #040103247, 60GB blue