# Packetbeat is not running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-is-not-running-on-suse-linux-enterprise-server-11/89551
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [June 15, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-is-not-running-on-suse-linux-enterprise-server-11/89551 "2017-06-15T12:24:06Z")
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### Author:  [@spry\_free](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spry_free)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-is-not-running-on-suse-linux-enterprise-server-11/89551/1 "2017-06-15T12:24:06Z")
Hi! Can u help me pls? Why is it not starting? SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (x86\_64)
On other system (Debian) packetbeat is running with same configuration.
vpn1:~ # service packetbeat start
/etc/init.d/packetbeat: line 35: /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: No such file or directory
/etc/init.d/packetbeat: line 39: status: command not found
Starting packetbeat: 2017/06/15 11:08:33.808885 beat.go:285: INFO Home path: [/usr/share/packetbeat] Config path: [/etc/packetbeat] Data path: [/var/lib/packetbeat] Logs path: [/var/log/packetbeat]
2017/06/15 11:08:33.808938 beat.go:186: INFO Setup Beat: packetbeat; Version: 5.4.1
2017/06/15 11:08:33.809094 metrics.go:23: INFO Metrics logging every 30s
2017/06/15 11:08:33.809451 logstash.go:90: INFO Max Retries set to: 3
2017/06/15 11:08:33.809561 outputs.go:108: INFO Activated logstash as output plugin.
2017/06/15 11:08:33.809701 publish.go:295: INFO Publisher name: vpn1
2017/06/15 11:08:34.001632 async.go:63: INFO Flush Interval set to: 1s
2017/06/15 11:08:34.001680 async.go:64: INFO Max Bulk Size set to: 2048
2017/06/15 11:08:34.002094 procs.go:79: INFO Process matching disabled
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166310 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: amqp
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166358 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: memcache
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166372 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: mongodb
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166389 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: mysql
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166406 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: pgsql
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166422 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: cassandra
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166433 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: dns
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166444 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: http
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166530 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: nfs
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166561 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: redis
2017/06/15 11:08:34.166576 protos.go:89: INFO registered protocol plugin: thrift
Config OK
/etc/init.d/packetbeat: line 55: daemon: command not found
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### Author:  [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-is-not-running-on-suse-linux-enterprise-server-11/89551/2 "2017-06-15T14:11:13Z")
See this issue.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-is-not-running-on-suse-linux-enterprise-server-11/89551/3 "2017-07-13T14:11:24Z")
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