[mythtv-users] mythbackend pid

[Wade Maxfield]

>Well we seem to back to the original question because when I launch
>mythbackend there is no PID file in /var/run so I "assume" that monit
>can''t monitor something that doesn't exist, hence my problem...
>
>Would using just the response from port 6544 work?
>
>Will the devs be adding back the PID file for mythbackend?
>
>Thanks,

How are you launching mythbackend?  On my machine it's handled 
ultimately via /etc/rc.d/init.d/mythbackend
and it has the option sin there on creating the pid.

However with monit, the pid is a nice to have, and the network status 
port should be enough to get you going.

  - Wade