diff --git a/engine/common/net_wins.c b/engine/common/net_wins.c
index c27eca06..603e0019 100644
--- a/engine/common/net_wins.c
+++ b/engine/common/net_wins.c
@@ -4002,7 +4002,10 @@ ftenet_generic_connection_t *FTENET_Datagram_EstablishConnection(ftenet_connecti
 		{
 			SockadrToNetadr(&qs, temp, &adr);
 			NET_AdrToString(addrstr, sizeof(addrstr), &adr);
-			Con_Printf(CON_ERROR "Unable to bind to port %i, bound to %s instead\n", port, addrstr);
+			if (SSV_IsSubServer())
+				Con_DLPrintf(2, CON_ERROR "Unable to bind to port %i, bound to %s instead\n", port, addrstr);
+			else
+				Con_Printf(CON_ERROR "Unable to bind to port %i, bound to %s instead\n", port, addrstr);
 		}
 		break;
 	}
@@ -8422,6 +8425,7 @@ void IPX_CloseSocket (int socket)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_EPOLL
 static qboolean stdin_ready;
+static qboolean stdin_epolling;
 static void StdIn_Now_Ready (struct epollctx_s *ctx, unsigned int events)
 {
 	stdin_ready = true;
@@ -8430,13 +8434,14 @@ qboolean NET_Sleep(float seconds, qboolean stdinissocket)
 {
 	int waitms;
 	struct epoll_event waitevents[256];
-	static int stdinadded = false;
 	int n, i;
-	if (stdinadded != stdinissocket)
+	if (epoll_fd < 0)
+		return false; // o.O
+	if (stdin_epolling != stdinissocket)
 	{
 		static epollctx_t stdinctx = {StdIn_Now_Ready};
 		struct epoll_event event = {EPOLLIN, {&stdinctx}};
-		stdinadded = stdinissocket;
+		stdin_epolling = stdinissocket;
 		if (stdinissocket)
 			epoll_ctl(epoll_fd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, STDIN_FILENO, &event);
 		else
@@ -8453,7 +8458,7 @@ qboolean NET_Sleep(float seconds, qboolean stdinissocket)
 		case EINTR:
 			break;
 		default:
-			Con_Printf("EPoll error: %i\n", err);
+			Con_Printf("EPoll error: %s\n", strerror(err));
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -8983,6 +8988,12 @@ void NET_CloseServer(void)
 void NET_InitServer(void)
 {
 	qboolean singleplayer = (sv.allocated_client_slots == 1) && !isDedicated;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_EPOLL
+	if (epoll_fd < 0)
+		epoll_fd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+#endif
+
 	if ((sv_listen_nq.value || sv_listen_dp.value || sv_listen_qw.value
 #ifdef QWOVERQ3
 		|| sv_listen_q3.ival
@@ -9068,6 +9079,7 @@ void	NET_Shutdown (void)
 #ifdef HAVE_EPOLL
 	close(epoll_fd);
 	epoll_fd = -1;
+	stdin_epolling = false;
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/engine/common/sys_linux_threads.c b/engine/common/sys_linux_threads.c
index 7b32f60e..ad1f9ffc 100644
--- a/engine/common/sys_linux_threads.c
+++ b/engine/common/sys_linux_threads.c
@@ -339,11 +339,12 @@ static qboolean QDECL Sys_MSV_Close (struct vfsfile_s *file)
 #ifdef SQL
 #include "sv_sql.h"
 #endif
+#include "netinc.h"
 
 vfsfile_t *Sys_ForkServer(void)
 {
 #ifdef SERVERONLY
-//	extern  jmp_buf 	host_abort;
+	extern  jmp_buf 	sys_sv_serverforked;
 		
 	int toslave[2];
 	int tomaster[2];
@@ -377,17 +378,15 @@ vfsfile_t *Sys_ForkServer(void)
 		close(toslave[0]);
 		dup2(tomaster[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
 
-		isClusterSlave = true;
+		SSV_SetupControlPipe(Sys_GetStdInOutStream());
 
 		FS_UnloadPackFiles();	//these handles got wiped. make sure they're all properly wiped before loading new handles.
-		NET_Shutdown();
-
+		NET_Shutdown();			//make sure we close any of the parent's network fds ...
 		FS_ReloadPackFiles();
 
-		return NULL;	//lets hope the caller can cope.
 		//jump out into the main work loop
-//		longjmp(host_abort, 1);
-//		exit(0);	//err...
+		longjmp(sys_sv_serverforked, 1);
+		exit(0);	//err...
 	}
 	else
 	{	//this is the parent
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_cluster.c b/engine/server/sv_cluster.c
index 8f7459a8..5c4b17d7 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_cluster.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_cluster.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include "sv_sql.h"
 #endif
 
+#define S_COLOR_SUBSERVER S_COLOR_MAGENTA
+
 typedef struct pubsubserver_s
 {
 	vfsfile_t *stream;
@@ -610,7 +612,7 @@ void MSV_Status(void)
 	clusterplayer_t *pl;
 	for (s = subservers; s; s = s->next)
 	{
-		Con_Printf("^[%i: %s\\ssv\\%u^]", s->id, s->name, s->id);
+		Con_Printf("^["S_COLOR_SUBSERVER"%i: %s\\ssv\\%u^]", s->id, s->name, s->id);
 		if (s->addrv4.type != NA_INVALID)
 			Con_Printf(" %s", NET_AdrToString(bufmem, sizeof(bufmem), &s->addrv4));
 		if (s->addrv6.type != NA_INVALID)
@@ -850,12 +852,12 @@ static void MSV_PrintFromSubServer(pubsubserver_t *s, const char *newtext)
 	while((nl = strchr(s->printtext, '\n')))
 	{	//FIXME: handle overflows.
 		*nl++ = 0;
-		Con_Printf("^[^6%i(%s)\\ssv\\%u^]: %s\n", s->id, s->name, s->id, s->printtext);
+		Con_Printf("^["S_COLOR_SUBSERVER"%i(%s)\\ssv\\%u^]: %s\n", s->id, s->name, s->id, s->printtext);
 		memmove(s->printtext, nl, strlen(nl)+1);
 	}
 	if (strlen(s->printtext) > sizeof(s->printtext)/2)
 	{
-		Con_Printf("^[^6%i(%s)\\ssv\\%u^]: %s\n", s->id, s->name, s->id, s->printtext);
+		Con_Printf("^["S_COLOR_SUBSERVER"%i(%s)\\ssv\\%u^]: %s\n", s->id, s->name, s->id, s->printtext);
 		*s->printtext = 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -1123,9 +1125,9 @@ void MSV_ReadFromSubServer(pubsubserver_t *s)
 			}
 			MSV_SubConsole_Update(s);
 			if (s->started)
-				Con_DPrintf("^[^6[%i:%s: map changed]\\ssv\\%u\\tip\\Click for server's console^]\n", s->id, s->name, s->id);
+				Con_DPrintf("^["S_COLOR_SUBSERVER"[%i:%s: map changed]\\ssv\\%u\\tip\\Click for server's console^]\n", s->id, s->name, s->id);
 			else
-				Con_Printf("^[^6[%i:%s: new node initialised]\\ssv\\%u\\tip\\Click for server's console^]\n", s->id, s->name, s->id);
+				Con_Printf("^["S_COLOR_SUBSERVER"[%i:%s: new node initialised]\\ssv\\%u\\tip\\Click for server's console^]\n", s->id, s->name, s->id);
 			s->started = true;
 		}
 		break;
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_main.c b/engine/server/sv_main.c
index 539621a7..b579f0bb 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_main.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_main.c
@@ -2692,9 +2692,11 @@ void SV_DoDirectConnect(svconnectinfo_t *fte_restrict info)
 
 	if (newcl)
 	{	//client is reprising a loaded slot.
-		SV_BroadcastTPrintf(PRINT_HIGH, "%s reprises %s\n", name, newcl->name);
 		if (cl->istobeloaded)
+		{
+			SV_BroadcastTPrintf(PRINT_HIGH, "%s reprises %s\n", name, newcl->name);
 			Con_DPrintf("%s:Using loadzombie\n", svs.name);
+		}
 		else
 			Con_DPrintf("%s:Using parmzombie\n", svs.name);
 		preserveparms = true;
@@ -3088,14 +3090,14 @@ void SV_DoDirectConnect(svconnectinfo_t *fte_restrict info)
 	SV_AcceptMessage (newcl);
 
 	newcl->state = cs_free;
-	if (ISNQCLIENT(newcl))
+	if (redirect || preserveparms)
+	{
+	}
+	else if (ISNQCLIENT(newcl))
 	{
 		//FIXME: we should delay this until we actually have a name, because right now they'll be called unnamed or unconnected or something
 		SV_BroadcastPrintf(PRINT_LOW, "New client connected\n");
 	}
-	else if (redirect)
-	{
-	}
 	else if (newcl->spectator)
 	{
 		SV_BroadcastTPrintf(PRINT_LOW, "spectator %s connected\n", newcl->name);
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c b/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
index cefadb19..c6fcf014 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_sys_unix.c
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ static qboolean noconinput = false;
 
 static struct termios orig, changes;
 
+#ifdef SUBSERVERS
+jmp_buf sys_sv_serverforked;
+#endif
+
 /*
 ===============================================================================
 
@@ -1083,6 +1087,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 // run one frame immediately for first heartbeat
 	maxsleep = SV_Frame();
 
+#ifdef SUBSERVERS
+	if (setjmp(sys_sv_serverforked))
+		noconinput = true;
+#endif
+
 //
 // main loop
 //