diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'system/watchdog/README.SLACKWARE')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/watchdog/README.SLACKWARE | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/system/watchdog/README.SLACKWARE b/system/watchdog/README.SLACKWARE new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..8327e4357f168 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/watchdog/README.SLACKWARE @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +For this to work, a kernel driver for the aformentioned device needs +to be loaded. The module may be found in: + /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog + +It can be configured to try and fix things (such as networking) +before triggering a reboot. As 'repair.sh' may be able to do. +See the examples included in /usr/doc/watchdog-5.6/examples + +This package also contains the 'wd_keepalive' program by Marcel Jansen +which "can be run during critical periods when the normal watcdog +shouldn't be run. It will read from the same configuration file; +it will do no checks but will keep writing to the device. + +To enable the watchdog: make sure a kernel module gets loaded for it +(at boot) such as the 'softdog' or an actual hardware driver... +Then add the following to rc.local: + +# Start the watchdog timer deamon +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.watchdog ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.watchdog start +fi |