Hi Jacob - see output below
mama.properties attached (assumed it would use the default localhost as the transport setting).  This is as downloaded from openmama site.

Thanks
John

john@john-laptop:~/openmama/OpenMAMA-2.1/bin$ ./mamapublisherc -m avis -s MAMA_INBOUND_TOPIC -tport pub -v -v -v -v
Starting Publisher with:
   topic:              MAMA_INBOUND_TOPIC
   inbound topic:      MAMA_INBOUND_TOPIC
   interval            0.500000
   transport:          pub
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : mama_loadBridge(): Sucessfully loaded avis bridge from library [mamaavisimpl]
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : avisBridge_open(): Entering.
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Using path specified in WOMBAT_PATH
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Using default properties file mama.properties
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Attempting to load MAMA properties from /home/john/openmama/OpenMAMA-2.1/examples/mama/c
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : avisBridge_open(): Successfully created Avis queue
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) :
********************************************************************************
Warning: This is a developer release and has only undergone basic sanity checks.
It is for testing only and should not be used in a production environment
**********************************************************************************
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Using path specified in WOMBAT_PATH
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Using default properties file mama.properties
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Attempting to load MAMA properties from /home/john/openmama/OpenMAMA-2.1/examples/mama/c
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : mama_loadPayloadBridge(): Sucessfully loaded avismsg payload bridge from library [mamaavismsgimpl]
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : mama 6.0.0rc19 (Unable to get version number) (not entitled)
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) :
********************************************************************************
Note: This build of the MAMA API is not enforcing entitlement checks.
Please see the Licensing file for details
**********************************************************************************
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Entering mamaTransport_create for transport (0x1756850) with name pub
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Creating transport: [pub]
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Number of load balanced sub transports defined: [0]
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : Not using load balancing
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : initializing Avis transport: pub
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : open failed for url: pub
2012-05-29 04:58:27: (d2fa9700) : avis error code=10107, error msg=Transport endpoint is not connected
Error creating transport: STATUS_PLATFORM
john@john-laptop:~/openmama/OpenMAMA-2.1/bin$ ^C