Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 7917)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pantasks/ControllerOps.c	(revision 8184)
@@ -165,5 +165,8 @@
   if (job[0].task[0].host == NULL) return (FALSE); 
 
-  StartController ();   // XXX check for success 
+  if (!StartController ()) {
+    gprint (GP_ERR, "failure to start pcontrol\n");
+    return (FALSE);
+  }
 
   /** construct the line to be sent to the controller **/