Sailing_Nut, try to start process manualy:
/etc/init.d/cgminer start
Thanks for that!
I did some more poking around and rebooted. I then saw that cgminer is running happily in the processes list, but after some time it disappears from the list

is it maybe not able to talk to the ASICs? All of the cables appear to be attached properly and I'm using a Corsair CX600 PSU so it should have enough heft to run it.
I'm REALLY confused!

try with another psu. Someone told me thath with a same psu he cant get antminer begin to mining.