comfilepi:enable_the_internal_watchdog_timer
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| ====== Enable the Internal Watchdog Timer ====== | ====== Enable the Internal Watchdog Timer ====== | ||
| - | The ComfilePi's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_on_a_chip|SoC]] has an internal watchdog timer that can be used to automatically reboot the system should it ever become unresponsive. | + | The ComfilePi's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_on_a_chip|SoC]] has an internal watchdog timer that can be used to automatically reboot the system should it ever become unresponsive. It is also recommended to [[::comfilepi:read-only_file_system_with_overlay|enable the read-only file system overly]] to protect the file system from corruption should such an event occur. |
| First, verify that the ///dev/watchdog// device exists: | First, verify that the ///dev/watchdog// device exists: | ||
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| - | Get more information about the watchdog configuration with `sudo wdctl`: | + | Uncomment the following lines in the file ///etc/systemd/system.conf// and then reboot. See [[https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/systemd/systemd-system.conf.5.en.html | the system.conf documentation]] for more information about these settings: |
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| - | <code> | + | |
| - | pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo wdctl | + | |
| - | Device: /dev/watchdog0 | + | |
| - | Identity: Broadcom BCM2835 Watchdog timer [version 0] | + | |
| - | Timeout: 15 seconds | + | |
| - | Pre-timeout: 0 seconds | + | |
| - | Timeleft: 14 seconds | + | |
| - | FLAG DESCRIPTION STATUS BOOT-STATUS | + | |
| - | KEEPALIVEPING Keep alive ping reply 1 0 | + | |
| - | MAGICCLOSE Supports magic close char 0 0 | + | |
| - | SETTIMEOUT Set timeout (in seconds) 0 0 | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Uncomment the following lines in the file ///etc/systemd/system.conf//: | + | |
| <code> | <code> | ||
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| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | Install the watchdog service with the following commands: | + | To test if the watchdog service is working, obtain root privileges, and then create a kernel panic with the following: |
| - | <code> | + | |
| - | sudo apt update | + | |
| - | sudo apt install watchdog | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Check if the watchdog service is running with the following command: | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <code> | + | |
| - | pi@raspberrypi:~ $ systemctl | grep watchdog | + | |
| - | watchdog.service loaded active running watchdog daemon | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | If the //watchdog.service// is not running, start it with the following command: | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <code> | + | |
| - | sudo systemctl start watchdog.service | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | If you want the service to run automatically on each boot run the following command: | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | <code> | + | |
| - | sudo systemctl enable watchdog.service | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | To test if the watchdog service is working, first, obtain root privileges and then initiate a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb#Bash|forkbomb]]: | + | |
| <code> | <code> | ||
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