Public bug reported:
The watchdog daemon resets the driver via /dev/watchdog, but the machine nonetheless resets after 60 seconds. $ modprobe it87_wdt $ dmesg | tail -n 1 [173619.473716] IT87 WDT: Chip IT8720 revision 8 initialized. timeout=60 sec (nowayout=0 testmode=0 exclusive=1 nogameport=0) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-15-generic 3.2.0-15.24 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic 3.2.5 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: BEN. PID ZUGR. BEFEHL /dev/snd/controlC0: mark 4945 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D7p: mark 4945 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: mark 4945 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfaffc000 irq 17' Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 0d HDMI/DP' Components : 'HDA:10de000d,10de0101,00100100' Controls : 24 Simple ctrls : 4 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'CA0106'/'Audigy SE [SB0570] at 0xce00 irq 16' Mixer name : 'CA0106' Components : '' Controls : 35 Simple ctrls : 18 CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13 --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm: /var/log/dmesg: Keine Berechtigung dmesg: write failed: Datenübergabe unterbrochen (broken pipe) Date: Tue Feb 14 23:14:02 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P55-USB3 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=de:en ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-15-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostnamevg-hostnameroot ro ipv6.disable=1 ip=dhcp ISCSI_INITIATOR=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:95384da15332 ISCSI_TARGET_NAME=iqn.mstier.de:desktop64.img ISCSI_TARGET_IP=192.168.0.4 ISCSI_TARGET_PORT=3260 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-12 (2 days ago) WifiSyslog: dmi.bios.date: 02/11/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F4 dmi.board.name: P55-USB3 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF4:bd02/11/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP55-USB3:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP55-USB3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: P55-USB3 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932381 Title: IT87 watchdog timer driver not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/932381/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs