Thanks for the error log perl I'll look into it. Part of the problem is this crappy old get-work like protocol we have to work with.

Smooth someone else said they are having issues getting node-multi-hashing to compile. Not sure why its not working for some people - but I'm looking into it. Also not sure why you had that much trouble getting Node.js working - did you follow these instructions? https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager#ubuntu-mint-elementary-os

Btw my guy looks like he has stratum protocol with cryptonight almost working with CPUMiner: https://github.com/LucasJones/cpuminer-multi/commits/master

Looking like I'll be able to deliver you to you guys not only a pool for simpleminer, but also a stratum pool and cryptonote version of CPUMiner (stratum / multi-core)