[Icecast] icecast2 will not start from the /etc/init.d

[Nick at 4points.ca]

I can start it fine from the command line using  icecast -c icecast.xml

we have ver 2.4.

When I try and start it using /etc/init.d/icecast2 start  it says [ ok ] 
Starting icecast2 (via systemctl): icecast2.service.

but it actually doesn't start.  nothing in the error logs, nothing in 
syslog.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Nick