* Replying to a message in : SAVEAREA

On Tuesday, 24 November 1998,
     DONNIE BENNERS wrote to IVAN TODOROSKI about TCP/IP

 DB>>> machine (Warp4) and it does dial out in a reasonable time. On the
 DB>>> Warp3 machine, I do all the dialing and everything via Rexx
 DB>>> scripts. I'm running a BBS on that one and have automated as many
 DB>>> proceses as possible. Now if I can get it to reboot when it hangs
 DB>>> automatically...

 IT>>    Get WatchDog from Hobbes... it does exactly that!

 DB> I'll grab it and see if it will do what I need. What I see on this
 DB> end is a total lockup. Nothing works, including the mouse pointer.

  The mouse freezes?!? Ouch! I don't think WathcDog can help you then...
  My experience with OS/2 is that as long as the mouse works, you know
  that at least a part of the system still works, especially background
  programs like WatchDog, even if the PM hangs. But if the mouse
  freezes, then either you pulled your mouse cable too hard :) or the
  system is totally, completely and utterly dead. The mouse is one of
  the last things to go...

  But these deaths are EXTREMELY rare events, infact if it's really an
  OS bug then it would probably turn up as a trap... I would strongly
  suspect your hardware if I were you. Check the cabling of your
  motherboard and hard disks, and maybe you have failing RAM modules or
  something.

  The best way to diagnose this is to run your existing setup on a
  different machine, and see if it hangs there.

  WatchDog works by setting up a PM timer and waiting for messages from
  it. If the PM locks for some reason, it will stop sending or receiving
  any messages, so this program just waits a while to see if it will
  come back up, and if it doesn't, it just reboots your machine... but
  this presumes that only the PM is hung, while the rest of the
  processes work. In your case I think it's a total lockup, so even
  WatchDog won't get a chance to do its thing.

  Anyway, give it a try!

                                                            - Ivan -

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