The -b flag to start-stop-daemon really causes problems and should be removed. When motion believes it is running in the foreground it does not write a PID file
-- motion fails to start because /var/run/motion is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294852 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs