Enable the most verbose output for the iceccd and icecc-scheduler daemon. Use sudo patch -p0 < ~/etc_initd_icecc.patch && sudo /etc/init.d/icecc restart commands. https://github.com/icecc/icecream http://linux.die.net/man/1/iceccd http://linux.die.net/man/1/icecc-scheduler

etc_initd_icecc.patch

--- /etc/init.d/icecc	2013-11-07 12:24:09.536095988 +0100
+++ /etc/init.d/icecc	2013-11-07 12:45:57.712130301 +0100
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 	fi
 
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON -- \
-	-d $logfile $nice $scheduler $netname -u icecc $basedir $maxjobs $noremote
+	--daemonize -vvv $logfile $nice $scheduler $netname -u icecc $basedir $maxjobs $noremote
 }
 
 stop_icecc_daemon() {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 	: > $ICECC_SCHEDULER_LOG_FILE
 	chown icecc $ICECC_SCHEDULER_LOG_FILE
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid icecc \
-	--exec $SCHEDULER -- -d $logfile $netname
+	--exec $SCHEDULER -- --daemonize -vvv $logfile $netname
 }
 
 stop_icecc_scheduler() {