user415: I have installed bitcoind on a new computer, and I use nohup to run it:
$ nohup bitcoind &

However, every now and then I see that the process does not exist, and I have to restart it using nohup.
Any idea what went wrong? Are there any logs I can check, and is there a better way to run bitcoind in the background than nohup?

user5757: bitcoind has a -daemon command line option that will cause it to run in the background.  That is likely to work better than using nohup.
There should be a debug.log file in your bitcoin data directory where any errors will be logged.

415: <p>I have installed bitcoind on a new computer, and I use <code>nohup</code> to run it:</p>

<pre><code>$ nohup bitcoind &amp;
</code></pre>

<p>However, every now and then I see that the process does not exist, and I have to restart it using <code>nohup</code>.</p>

<p>Any idea what went wrong? Are there any logs I can check, and is there a better way to run <code>bitcoind</code> in the background than <code>nohup</code>?</p>
 5757: <p><code>bitcoind</code> has a <code>-daemon</code> command line option that will cause it to run in the background.  That is likely to work better than using <code>nohup</code>.</p>

<p>There should be a <code>debug.log</code> file in your bitcoin data directory where any errors will be logged.</p>
