A method for operating a textile machine that serves for producing roving, - wherein during normal operation, a fiber bundle is supplied to at least one consolidating means of the textile machine, - wherein a roving having a protective twist is produced from the fiber bundle by means of the consolidating means, - wherein, after leaving the consolidating means and by means of a winding device arranged downstream of the consolidating means in a transport direction of the roving, the roving is wound onto a tube, and, - wherein it is monitored by means of a sensor system whether a roving is being produced by the consolidating means and/or whether the roving produced by the consolidating means is being wound onto the tube,wherein - in the event that it is detected by means of the sensor system that no roving is being produced by the consolidating means or the roving produced by the consolidating means is not being wound onto the tube, an interruption of the normal operation takes place, or - the roving produced by the consolidating means during normal operation is monitored between the consolidating means and the tube currently being loaded for one or a plurality of physical characteristics, and that when one or a plurality of characteristics deviates or deviate in a specific manner from one or a plurality of target value(s), normal operation is interrupted and - the tube already partly loaded with roving by means of the winding device prior to the interruption in normal operation is replaced by an empty tube during a tube changing process, - a start process is carried out in which after the consolidating means is started up, the roving produced thereby is brought into contact with the empty tube, and - the roving produced by the consolidating means following the start process is wound onto the tube and normal operation is resumed. - wherein during normal operation, a fiber bundle is supplied to at least one consolidating means of the textile machine, - wherein a roving having a protective twist is produced from the fiber bundle by means of the consolidating means, - wherein, after leaving the consolidating means and by means of a winding device arranged downstream of the consolidating means in a transport direction of the roving, the roving is wound onto a tube, and, - wherein it is monitored by means of a sensor system whether a roving is being produced by the consolidating means and/or whether the roving produced by the consolidating means is being wound onto the tube,wherein - in the event that it is detected by means of the sensor system that no roving is being produced by the consolidating means or the roving produced by the consolidating means is not being wound onto the tube, an interruption of the normal operation takes place, or - the roving produced by the consolidating means during normal operation is monitored between the consolidating means and the tube currently being loaded for one or a plurality of physical characteristics, and that when one or a plurality of characteristics deviates or deviate in a specific manner from one or a plurality of target value(s), normal operation is interrupted and - the tube already partly loaded with roving by means of the winding device prior to the interruption in normal operation is replaced by an empty tube during a tube changing process, - a start process is carried out in which after the consolidating means is started up, the roving produced thereby is brought into contact with the empty tube, and - the roving produced by the consolidating means following the start process is wound onto the tube and normal operation is resumed.