Is -daemon redundant when using -server? Primecoin

I've been trialing 20x 3.8XL EC2 instances running Primecoin HP-11 for a total of 4.93 chains per day for around 8 hours now, and no block... Sad

SO I did some research and I can't find a definitive answer...I followed the HP Linux Compilation Guide perfectly (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=259022.0) so I am starting my server with the command "./run-primecoind" which executes the following:

Code:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
killall --older-than 10s -q run-primecoind primecoind
function background_loop
        while :; do
                primecoind >/dev/null 2>&1
                sleep 1
        done
background_loop &' > run-primecoind
chmod +x run-primecoind

And my .CONF being:

Code:

server=1
gen=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcuser=primecoinrpc
rpcpassword=SOME_SECURE_PASSWORD
sievesize=1000000

SO....this is where i'm confused. I can obviously send RPC commands to the daemon however I can not request a -printtoscreen unless I execute primecoin as "primecoind -daemon -printtoscreen" - and the printtoscreen stats are pretty much what tell me that I am mining.

Furthermore, there are 3 orphaned transactions when I type "listtransactions" but yeah like I said, no freshies... so.. do I need to run -daemon to be mining properly? Should I use "primecoind -daemon -printtoscreen" or is ./run-primecoind doing the same thing?

Apologies for the structure of this thread, I am verrry tired :|