[mythtv-users] Random mythbackend exits

[Peter Schachte]

Phil Figgins wrote:

> My current "fix" when the wife & kids say "the tv's broke again" is to fire
> up TeraTerm and run "/etc/init.d/mythbackend restart". The stop of the
> mythbackend service fails each time since it's already dead.

I can't help you with the random backend crashes (I've got a similar problem,
and haven't been able to track it down either).  But I suggest installing monit
to restart the backend when it crashes.  See

    http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/StatusMonitoringHowTo


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