ProFTP Glitch

[Mike Dwiggins]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Mike Dwiggins wrote:
>   
>> When trying to do an /etc/init.d/proftpd start on my Fedora 11 box, I am 
>> getting a return of Failed.
>>
>> I can find no service which might be interfering and no log file 
>> anywhere showing me an error.
>>
>> Any Ideas?
>>   
>>     
> So, there are no messages like....
>
> Jan 31 15:02:52 f12 proftpd[24615]: f12.greshko.com - ProFTPD 1.3.2c
> (maint) (built Thu Dec 10 18:41:21 EST 2009) standalone mode STARTUP
>
> in /var/log/messages?
>
> Try starting it from the command line as root....
>
> /usr/sbin/proftpd
>
>
>   
Trying to start from usr/sbin/proftpd  I egt

- warning: unable to determine IP address of 'laptop.localnet'
-error: no valid servers configured
-Fatal: error orocessing configuration file '/etc/proftpd.conf'

and there is nothing in /var/log/messages.  That is whats bugging me, 
should that not reflect in the system messages file?