--- a/cwctl.py	Thu Dec 23 15:49:29 2010 +0100
+++ b/cwctl.py	Wed Jan 05 15:32:37 2011 +0100
@@ -494,7 +494,8 @@
             msg = "%s seems to be running. Remove %s by hand if necessary or use \
 the --force option."
             raise ExecutionError(msg % (appid, pidf))
-        helper.start_server(config)
+        if helper.start_server(config) == 1:
+            print 'instance %s started' % appid
 
 
 def init_cmdline_log_threshold(config, loglevel):

--- a/etwist/server.py	Thu Dec 23 15:49:29 2010 +0100
+++ b/etwist/server.py	Wed Jan 05 15:32:37 2011 +0100
@@ -415,8 +415,9 @@
                                      "commands (e.g : 'net start my_instance)'")
         from logilab.common.daemon import daemonize
         LOGGER.info('instance started in the background on %s', root_resource.base_url)
-        if daemonize(config['pid-file']):
-            return # child process
+        whichproc = daemonize(config['pid-file'])
+        if whichproc: # 1 = orig process, 2 = first fork, None = second fork (eg daemon process)
+            return whichproc # parent process
     root_resource.init_publisher() # before changing uid
     if config['uid'] is not None:
         try:

--- a/etwist/twctl.py	Thu Dec 23 15:49:29 2010 +0100
+++ b/etwist/twctl.py	Wed Jan 05 15:32:37 2011 +0100
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     def start_server(self, config):
         from cubicweb.etwist import server
-        server.run(config)
+        return server.run(config)
 
 class TWStopHandler(CommandHandler):
     cmdname = 'stop'

--- a/server/serverctl.py	Thu Dec 23 15:49:29 2010 +0100
+++ b/server/serverctl.py	Wed Jan 05 15:32:37 2011 +0100
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@
         command.append('--loglevel %s' % config['log-threshold'].lower())
         command.append(config.appid)
         os.system(' '.join(command))
+        return 1
 
 
 class RepositoryStopHandler(CommandHandler):