[knc1]

Something must be wrong with how your arguments are formatted into that command.

[root@kindle root]# lipc-probe -a

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com.lab126.appmgrd
        w       Str     loghistory
        w       Str     load
        w       Str     goresult
        w       Str     loadresult
        w       Str     savecontext
        w       Int     startdefault
        w       Str     runresult
        w       Str     stop
        rw      Str     logLevel
        w       Int     forward
        w       Str     unloadresult
        rw      Str     logMask
        w       Str     defer
        w       Str     pauseresult
        w       Str     start
        w       Str     logallapps
        r       Str     activeApp
        w       Int     backward

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because the start command is certainly valid for that service.