What am I missing?

Linux ematest 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 #1 SMP Thu Sep 15 14:07:53 GMT 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

/etc/init.d/syslog-ng start                                      

 * Starting syslog-ng ...

Error initializing configuration, exiting.

ematest ~ # cat strace.info

execve("/usr/sbin/syslog-ng", ["syslog-ng"], [/* 29 vars */]) = 0

uname({sys="Linux", node="ematest", ...}) = 0

brk(0)                                  = 0x8064000

access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3

fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=18434, ...}) = 0

mmap2(NULL, 18434, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f24000

close(3)                                = 0

open("/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY)      = 3

read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 5\0\000"..., 512) = 512

fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=76468, ...}) = 0

mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f23000

mmap2(NULL, 83968, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f0e000

mmap2(0xb7f1f000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x10) = 0xb7f1f000

mmap2(0xb7f21000, 6144, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f21000

close(3)                                = 0

open("/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY)   = 3

read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0&\0\000"..., 512) = 512

fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=69324, ...}) = 0

mmap2(NULL, 80148, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7efa000

mprotect(0xb7f09000, 18708, PROT_NONE)  = 0

mmap2(0xb7f0a000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xf) = 0xb7f0a000

mmap2(0xb7f0c000, 6420, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f0c000

close(3)                                = 0

open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3

read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\360V\1"..., 512) = 512

fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1227872, ...}) = 0

mmap2(NULL, 1142148, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7de3000

mmap2(0xb7ef4000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x110) = 0xb7ef4000

mmap2(0xb7ef8000, 7556, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ef8000

close(3)                                = 0

mprotect(0xb7ef4000, 4096, PROT_READ)   = 0

munmap(0xb7f24000, 18434)               = 0

open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY)          = 3

read(3, "\237\317\242\334", 4)          = 4

close(3)                                = 0

brk(0)                                  = 0x8064000

brk(0x8085000)                          = 0x8085000

open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY)        = 3

fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0

fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=56, ...}) = 0

mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f28000

read(3, "TZif\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\1\0"..., 4096) = 56

close(3)                                = 0

munmap(0xb7f28000, 4096)                = 0

open("/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3

ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbf93cc4c) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)

fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1066, ...}) = 0

mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f28000

read(3, "# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x"..., 8192) = 1066

read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0

read(3, "", 8192)                       = 0

ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbf93c6ec) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)

close(3)                                = 0

munmap(0xb7f28000, 4096)                = 0

pipe([3, 4])                            = 0

fork()                                  = 11240

close(4)                                = 0

read(3, "\1", 1)                        = 1

exit_group(1)                           = ?