[misterhouse-users] Re: Watchdog timer

[Ed K. <ed...@wr...>]

> From: "Clay Jackson" <cl...@nw...>
> To: <mis...@li...>
> Subject: RE: [misterhouse-users] Watchdog Timer?
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:41:10 -0800
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Agreed - running from init is an improvement over Windows when the
machine is restarted. However, when you're a long way from home (e.g.
vacation or business) and want to check in on the house (isn't that why
we're talking about web interfaces?), and can't get to the server
because it is hung, or the app is crashed, then you want a watchdog to
reboot it for you. I've found several vendors - I was just just
wondering if anyone had any experience with any. I believe I ran across
a hardware device somewhere once that you could dial into to remotely
reboot the machine if it seems dead - hope I can find that again.

- Ed K.

> Reply-To: mis...@li...
> 
> I've got one at home - I don't recall who the manfacturer is, since it's
> still in it's FedEx box.  Since I switched from ECS/Windoze to
> MisterHouse/Linux, I haven't had a problem with unexplained crashes (and, if
> you run Misterhouse out of init, it will restart if it fails).  I'll
> probably install it one of these days just for a little added insurance.
> 
> If you must have one, I just did a Yahoo search on "watchdog timer" and
> turned up a bunch of web pages, one of which even mentioned Linux.
> 
> Clay
>