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  • I followed your guide, but it does not solve the problem. Thank you anyway. Commented Jun 2, 2016 at 7:22
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    Are there any other implications to this fix? Apparently watchdog will hardware reset the system if it lags or fails other tests. So when the timeout in the question occurs, watchdog will reset the computer. I wonder if the system would shutdown more cleanly if we just reduced the timeout as per the other answer. I also wonder if watchdog would force a reset in other, unwanted situations. Commented Dec 11, 2016 at 23:44
  • I read your man page. I think that watchdog prevent the reset telling the linux kernel that everything is OK, Commented Dec 13, 2016 at 16:52
  • > It opens /dev/watchdog, and keeps writing to it often enough to keep the kernel from resetting, at least once per minute. Commented Dec 13, 2016 at 16:52
  • No package named watchdog on OpenSuSE, so this doesn't really help me :( Commented Aug 29, 2017 at 9:49