Das_Watchdog Das_Watchdog is a program heavily and shamefully inspired by the rt_watchdog program.
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Das_Watchdog is a program heavily and shamefully inspired by the rt_watchdog program. Das_Watchdog is a program heavily and shamefully inspired by the rt_watchdog program made by Florian Schmidt.However, this one has some improvements:1. It works with 2.4 kernels as well as 2.6.2. Instead of permanently setting all realtime processes to run non-realtime, das_watchdog only sets them temporary.3. When the watchdog kicks in, an X window should pop up that tells you whats happening. (just close it after reading the message).Installation:makecp das_watchdog /usr/local/sbin/echo '/usr/local/sbin/das_watchdog >/dev/null &' >>/etc/rc.sysinitrebootUsage:Whenever a program locks up the machine, the watchdog temporarily sets all realtime process to non-realtime for 8 seconds. You will get an xmessage window up on the screen whenever that happens.To test it, run the attached program "test_rt", which immediatley freezes your machine. However, a window should pop up after about 5-6 seconds telling you that the watchdog set the process to non-realtime.Use the "--force" option to set the priority of all timer processes to SCHED_FIFO/99.If the xmessage window does not show up, it can be because the user logged into the machine has the home area placed on a non-root mounted disk.When that happens, root is unable to read the users .Xauthority file. Unfortunately,I have no (good) solution for that situation. But if thats not the case, pleasereport the problem to me.Requirements:· xmessage (should be a part of X11)· libgtop2What's New in This Release:· leaned up source a bit.· Properly find number of timer processes.· Added shortcuts for optargs and beautifiled the source a bit.

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