By the way, the command example he gives requires the user to be root. SO I'm assuming the code, or other code that uses the watchdog requires root user privileges too. By default. Perhaps another user could be part of the required group for /dev/watchdog, but not sure how that works . . .
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 5:40 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > See if this helps. Gives a bit of an explanation, and example code in what > seems like maybe python ? > > http://inspire.logicsupply.com/2014/08/beaglebone-using-watchdog-timer.html > > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 2:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Currently trying to get the watchdog on the BBB working. >> >> It works fine when the code stops running, but from what I gather, it is >> an embedded circuit, so it should work if the processor freezes up. >> >> Am I wrong here? Do I need to buy an external watchdog for when the BBB >> completely locks up? >> >> I run the watchdog, and then run a halt -f command. The BBB freezes up, >> doesn't perform a shutdown though. >> >> The watchdog never reboots the BBB. >> >> I've tried playing with the NOWAYOUT setting in the /etc/watchdog.conf >> file but that didn't seem to work. >> >> Thanks for any help, >> >> Daniel >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
