Server Monitor issues again?

Just upgraded my laptop with 10.5.3 (client version) which I use to manage servers. Since the Xserve's running 10.4.11, I downloaded the separate server monitor version a while back that supports this after they broke it with the 10.5.2. upgrade.
Now SM doesn't show any servers listed and then crashes. Anybody else having this issue? Is there a new version out?
Wolfman

I had the same problem. I upgraded both my client and my X-Serve to 10.5.3 only to discover that while Server Admin and Workgroup Manager were okay, Server Monitor crashed immediately when trying to connect. Using ARD, I copied the version of Server Monitor from my X-Serve that had been upgraded to 10.5.3 to my MBP and that solved my problem. I also copied Server Admin and Workgroup Manager down to my MBP as while they seemed to work, the version under 10.5.3 Server had different sizes.
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