screen-scraper script (2.7.2) hangs on Fedora

Hi,

I have downloaded the 30-day trial of Screen Scraper. I've installed it on an FC3 running under VMware Workstation. Release details are:

kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl
fedora-release-1-3

The install process seemed to complete without a hitch. I then tried to start Screen Scraper using the screen-scraper script from a command line. The script just hangs and if I show the running processes I see the following repeated 50 to 100 times.

aslpjo 14864 0.0 0.3 5176 1004 pts/1 S 18:42 0:00 /bin/sh /home/aslpjo/screen-scraper -version
aslpjo 14865 0.0 0.3 5860 988 pts/1 R 18:42 0:00 /bin/sh /home/aslpjo/screen-scraper -version
aslpjo 14867 0.0 0.2 5848 708 pts/1 S 18:42 0:00 awk ?$3 ~ /"[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9][^"]*"$/ {??gsub ("[^0-9._]"a

I think the script is looping as the machine gradually becomes slower until I kill the script.

* Is this a known problem?
* Have I missed a step in the install?
* Can you recommend actions to help me debug the problem?

Thanks and regards...Paul