> Are the cpu(s) pegging out? 
My english is not my language and I dont understad the question. I ask to the translator to help me but I still dont understand the question.
>  Setup the .conf correctly?  It is same as solo mining for any other crypto currency, ei: Bitcoin.
I have on my user folder on .protoshares a file called .protoshares.conf with rpcuser and rpcpassword defined.
Now if I make  ./protoshares getinfo I get this info:
{
    "version" : 80500,
    "protocolversion" : 70001,
    "walletversion" : 60000,
    "balance" : 0.00000000,
    "blocks" : 4431,
    "timeoffset" : -9,
    "connections" : 8,
    "proxy" : "",
    "difficulty" : 0.00000382,
    "testnet" : false,
    "keypoololdest" : 1383786723,
    "keypoolsize" : 103,
    "paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
    "errors" : ""
}
so I think that I'm mining protoshares ¿right?
I dont mine anything alone I try to mine bitcoin with my cpu, cpu miner and a pool  and I get it. This is my experience minning.
thanks for the help!