[CentOS] Make server reboot by itself instead of dropping to kernel debugger

2013-08-23 Thread Alexander Farber
Hello, on OpenBSD if you put ddb.panic=0 into /etc/sysctl.conf, the server won't drop into debugger on kernel panic. Is there please a similar setting for CentOS 6.4 / 64 bit? The background is that I have a new dedicated server with Haswell CPU and once a month it is stuck, displaying kernel

Re: [CentOS] Make server reboot by itself instead of dropping to kernel debugger

2013-08-23 Thread Alexander Farber
I've ended up doing this (hope it's valid for CentOS 6.4): # echo 10 /proc/sys/kernel/panic # echo kernel.panic=10 /etc/sysctl.conf ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Make server reboot by itself instead of dropping to kernel debugger

2013-08-23 Thread Digimer
On 23/08/13 04:19, Alexander Farber wrote: I've ended up doing this (hope it's valid for CentOS 6.4): # echo 10 /proc/sys/kernel/panic # echo kernel.panic=10 /etc/sysctl.conf If your servers have a watchdog timer (most with IPMI/iLO/iDRAC/etc do), you can enable it. The OS will then have

Re: [CentOS] Make server reboot by itself instead of dropping to kernel debugger

2013-08-23 Thread Alexander Farber
Thank you, I have this # dmesg|grep -i watch NMI watchdog enabled, takes one hw-pmu counter. iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.07rh do you have any tips or doc pointers? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Make server reboot by itself instead of dropping to kernel debugger

2013-08-23 Thread Alexander Farber
Ok, sorry - I've found the man watchdog and man watchdog.conf ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Make server reboot by itself instead of dropping to kernel debugger

2013-08-23 Thread Alexander Farber
I am not sure though, if I need to start the watchdog daemon at all - because I altready have these lines in my dmesg: iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0 iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.07rh iTCO_wdt: Found a Lynx Point TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x1860) iTCO_wdt: initialized.