Package: watchdog Version: 5.3.1-2 Severity: wishlist Hi Michael,
would it be possible to check for [ -w /dev/watchdog ] in postinst and to debconf-ask the user whether to load the softdog kernel module if it is not present/writable? Then, when the init.d script runs and the user chose yes and no /dev/watchdog exists, it should load the softdog driver. In addition, maybe the init script could detect failure to open /dev/watchdog, load the module, then retry? Thanks, -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (750, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (250, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages watchdog depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii makedev 2.3.1-83 creates device files in /dev ii udev 0.105-4 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo watchdog recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * watchdog/run: true * watchdog/restart: true -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems
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