[ESS] trouble starting ESS

[Main, Regan]

Hi--
 
I am having difficulty getting ESS to run.  When I start up Emacs,
everything looks and works fine.  Emacs recognizes the command 'M-x
SAS', and ESS appears to start up correctly.  It splits my screens and
asks for my starting data directory.  After I hit enter to accept the
starting data directory, I get a warning in the command line which
says--"No ESS processes running; not yet implemented to start
(SAS,SAS)".  
 
It does go ahead and start up the *SAS* buffers as well as doing the
syntax highlighting for SAS.  Everything looks ok except the "No ESS
processes running" message. 
 
Can anyone help me troubleshoot this?
 
Thank you,
-Regan Main

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