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Download from http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~kjetil/src/
INSTALLING

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make

cp das_watchdog /usr/local/sbin/

echo '/usr/local/sbin/das_watchdog >/dev/null &' >>/etc/rc.sysinit

reboot
USAGE

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Whenever a program locks up the machine, the watchdog temporarily sets all

realtime process to non-realtime for 8 seconds. You will get an xmessage

window up on the screen whenever that happens.
To test it, run the attached program "test_rt" (as root on 2.4), which

immediatley freezes your machine. However, a window should pop up after

about 5-6 seconds telling you that the watchdog set the process to

non-realtime.
CHANGES

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0.0.1->0.1.0

* Properly set the DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY environment variables in

   various ways to make sure the message is really shown. (It really works

   now!)

* Use xmessage instead of wish. (much nicer)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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The program is mentally based on Florian Schmidts program rt_watcdog.

Florian Schmidt also wrote the included test_rt program.