[mythtv-users] Keeping backend running.

[Wade Maxfield]

Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Mike Dent <mcdent at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> it seems my backend dies now and again for no obvious reason. What scripts
>> or methods are people using check it is running and
>> restart it if its died?
>> I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 with mythtv 0.21 , combined be/fe.
>>
> 
> My backend dies occasionally, too.  I use monit to ensure it restarts.
> 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Status_Monitoring_How_To
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Another vote for Monit.

Just be careful about using the XML interface on port 6544.  I found 
that querying it too frequently led to an increase in crashes.  8(

  - Wade