I'm in the same boat.. Is EXCL capable of running on 16.04? cannot get a block height for some reason -
*deleted*@vultr:~/excl# ./exclusivecoind getinfo
error: couldn't connect to server
*deleted*@vultr:~/excl# ./exclusivecoind
*deleted*@vultr:~/excl# Error: Cannot obtain a lock on data directory /*deleted*/.exclusivecoin. ExclusiveCoin is probably already running.
and no my username is not *deleted*

that probably means it's still loading. give it a few minutes