Description of problem: watchdog 5.9 (2010) in FC17 is very old, and has a number of crticial bugs such as the inability to reliably ping a target. it should be updated to 5.12 (2012). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): watchdog-5.9-3.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.put a ping <ipaddress> option in watchdog.conf 2.start up watchdog 3. Actual results: Jul 5 04:29:55 ns1 watchdog[1044]: starting daemon (5.9): Jul 5 04:29:55 ns1 watchdog[1044]: int=1s realtime=yes sync=no soft=no mla=0 mem=0 Jul 5 04:29:55 ns1 watchdog[1044]: ping: 192.168.0.1 Jul 5 04:29:55 ns1 watchdog[1044]: file: no file to check Jul 5 04:29:55 ns1 watchdog[1044]: pidfile: no server process to check Jul 5 04:29:55 ns1 watchdog[1044]: interface: no interface to check Jul 5 04:29:55 ns1 watchdog[1044]: test=none(0) repair=none(0) alive=none heartbeat=none temp=none to=root no_act=yes Jul 5 04:29:56 ns1 watchdog[1044]: no response from ping (target: 192.168.0.1) Jul 5 04:29:56 ns1 watchdog[1020]: still alive after 8 interval(s) Jul 5 04:29:56 ns1 watchdog[1020]: no response from ping (target: 192.168.0.1) [...] Jul 5 04:30:21 ns1 watchdog[315]: shutting down the system because of error 101 Expected results: Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: starting daemon (5.12): Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: int=1s realtime=yes sync=no soft=no mla=0 mem=0 Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: ping: 192.168.0.1 Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: file: no file to check Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: pidfile: no server process to check Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: interface: no interface to check Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: test=none(0) repair=none(0) alive=none heartbeat=none temp=none to=root no_act=yes Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: ping select timeout = 1 seconds and 0 useconds Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: got answer from target 192.168.0.1 Jul 5 04:32:16 ns1 watchdog[2697]: still alive after 1 interval(s) Additional info:
Agreed. Since it's rather late now I'll try to push an updated package tomorrow.
watchdog-5.12-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/watchdog-5.12-1.fc17
Package watchdog-5.12-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing watchdog-5.12-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10347/watchdog-5.12-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
watchdog-5.12-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.