--- a/net/server.lua	Fri Dec 05 05:28:16 2008 +0000
+++ b/net/server.lua	Fri Dec 05 19:21:44 2008 +0000
@@ -364,8 +364,6 @@
 	local err
 
 	socket:settimeout( 0 )
-	out_put("setting linger on "..tostring(socket))
-	socket:setoption("linger", { on = true, timeout = 10 });
 	--// private closures of the object //--
 
 	local writequeue = { }    -- buffer for messages to send