Re: Watchdog Trouble
>>>>> "SB" == Stefan Baums <sbaums@stud.uni-goettingen.de> writes:
SB> I'm running Debian 1.3.0, kernel 2.0.30, and my software watchdog
SB> timer is having trouble starting getting started at boot time. The
SB> .deb installed all right, my kernel is configured
SB> CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
SB> CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT=y
SB> # CONFIG_WDT is not set
SB> CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=m
SB> # CONFIG_PCWATCHDOG is not set
SB> and "ls -l /dev/watchdog" says
SB> crw-rw---- 1 root sys 10, 130 May 28 02:49 /dev/watchdog
SB> Nevertheless, after startup my system log tells me
SB> watchdog[106]: starting daemon (2.1): 10s mla=12
SB> watchdog[106]: cannot open /dev/watchdog
SB> watchdog[106]: stopping daemon (2.1)
SB> Please note that I _can_ start it manually:
SB> watchdog[251]: starting daemon (2.1): 10s mla=12
SB> kernel: Software Watchdog Timer: 0.04, timer margin: 60 sec
SB> Any ideas?
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you compile
soft_watchdog as a module? Maybe this module is not yet loaded when
the boot process tries to start the watchdog daemon.
--
Emilio C. Lopes <mailto:Emilio.Lopes@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
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