Index: http-transport.scm
==================================================================
--- http-transport.scm
+++ http-transport.scm
@@ -139,10 +139,13 @@
    exn
    (begin
      (print-error-message exn)
      (if (< portnum 61000)
 	 (begin 
+	   (debug:print 0 "WARNING: attempt to start server failed. Trying again ...")
+	   (debug:print 0 " message: " ((condition-property-accessor 'exn 'message) exn))
+	   (debug:print 0 "exn=" (condition->list exn))
 	   (portlogger:open-run-close portlogger:set-failed portnum)
 	   (debug:print 0 "WARNING: failed to start on portnum: " portnum ", trying next port")
 	   (thread-sleep! 0.1)
 
 	   ;; get_next_port goes here

Index: tests/fdktestqa/fdk.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/fdk.config
+++ tests/fdktestqa/fdk.config
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 RELEASE TEXT
 
 [setup]
 # Adjust max_concurrent_jobs to limit how much you load your machines
 # max_concurrent_jobs 150
-max_concurrent_jobs 1500
+max_concurrent_jobs 1000
 
 # This is your link path, you can move it but it is generally better to keep it stable
 linktree #{shell readlink -f #{getenv MT_RUN_AREA_HOME}/../simplelinks}
 
 [include testqa/configs/megatest.abc.config]
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@
 [jobtools]
 maxload 4
 launcher nbfake
 
 [server]
-timeout 1
+# timeout 0.01
 # homehost xena
+homehost 143.182.225.38
+
+[jobtools]
+launcher nbq -P ch_vp -C SLES11_EM64T_4G -Q /ciaf/fdk
+# launcher nbfake
+maxload 4

Index: tests/fdktestqa/testqa/Makefile
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/testqa/Makefile
+++ tests/fdktestqa/testqa/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 compile :
 	(cd ../../..;make -j && make install)
 
 clean :
-	rm -rf ../simple*/*/* megatest.db db/* ../simple*/.db/* logs/*
+	rm -rf ../simple*/*/* megatest.db db/* ../simple*/.db/* logs/* monitor.db
 

Index: tests/fdktestqa/testqa/configs/megatest.abc.config
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/testqa/configs/megatest.abc.config
+++ tests/fdktestqa/testqa/configs/megatest.abc.config
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 [validvalues]
 state start end completed
 
 # Job tools are more advanced ways to control how your jobs are launched
 [jobtools]
-useshell yes
+# useshell yes
 
 [include megatest.def.config]

Index: tests/fdktestqa/testqa/tests/bigrun/step1.sh
==================================================================
--- tests/fdktestqa/testqa/tests/bigrun/step1.sh
+++ tests/fdktestqa/testqa/tests/bigrun/step1.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 if [ $NUMBER -lt 10 ];then 
-   sleep 2
+   sleep 20
    sleep `echo 4 * $NUMBER | bc`
 else
    sleep 130
 fi