Re: Watchdog Trouble
Maybe your program that opens the watchdog device is running before the
watchdog file get loaded. Look through your logs for load order. You may
need to edit your /etc/init.d/boot or modules file.
Good luck,
Al Youngwerth
alberty@apexxtech.com
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> From: Stefan Baums <sbaums@stud.uni-goettingen.de>
> To: Debian User Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Watchdog Trouble
> Date: Friday, June 20, 1997 2:09 PM
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm running Debian 1.3.0, kernel 2.0.30, and my software watchdog timer
> is having trouble starting getting started at boot time. The .deb
> installed all right, my kernel is configured
>
> CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
> CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT=y
> # CONFIG_WDT is not set
> CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG=m
> # CONFIG_PCWATCHDOG is not set
>
> and "ls -l /dev/watchdog" says
>
> crw-rw---- 1 root sys 10, 130 May 28 02:49 /dev/watchdog
>
> Nevertheless, after startup my system log tells me
>
> watchdog[106]: starting daemon (2.1): 10s mla=12
> watchdog[106]: cannot open /dev/watchdog
> watchdog[106]: stopping daemon (2.1)
>
> Please note that I _can_ start it manually:
>
> watchdog[251]: starting daemon (2.1): 10s mla=12
> kernel: Software Watchdog Timer: 0.04, timer margin: 60 sec
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Greetings,
> Stefan
>
> --
> Stefan Baums
> Universitaet Goettingen
> mailto:sbaums@stud.uni-goettingen.de
>
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