root@mcquaid:/home/mcquaid # asterisk -r
Asterisk 1.2.1, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2005 Digium.
Written by Mark Spencer <markster@digium.com>
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Connected to Asterisk 1.2.1 currently running on mcquaid (pid = 3093)
ectiond*CLI>
Verbosity is at least 3

sorry new to this, I assume i have to increase the verbosity to give you more informative output?