Consistently log errors (further, stderr will be closed if daemonised). --- clients/lcdproc/main.c.orig Tue Nov 15 16:44:06 2011 +++ clients/lcdproc/main.c Tue Nov 15 16:48:07 2011 @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) if (foreground != TRUE) { if (daemon(1, 0) != 0) { - fprintf(stderr, "Error: daemonize failed\n"); + report(RPT_CRIT, "Error: daemonize failed: %s", strerror(errno)); return (EXIT_FAILURE); } @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) pidfile_written = TRUE; } else { - fprintf(stderr, "Error creating pidfile %s: %s\n", + report(RPT_CRIT, "Error creating pidfile %s: %s", pidfile, strerror(errno)); return (EXIT_FAILURE); }