Im still new to linux fyi. I got bitcoind up and working I think and when i run the command ./bitcoind I lose access to my command line. I let it sit for 30 min or so and never got command line access back. I could see from webmin that it was running and people were connecting, is this normal? I am running this in latest virtual box.
./bitcoind &
& sends things to the background. Give it a shot.