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Dan39

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Registered: 2007-07-06

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logs spammed with messages from systemd/watchdog

I am not sure if there is an issue here or not, but it is pretty annoying having my logs spammed with this crap. What is it, is there a problem, and can I shut it up?

Thank you very much

[85840.486551] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-journald.service
[85840.486574] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Got notification message from PID 81 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85840.486591] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85854.211138] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-logind.service
[85854.211156] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Got notification message from PID 179 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85854.211170] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85854.211196] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-logind.service
[85854.211209] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Got notification message from PID 179 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85854.211220] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85880.008337] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-journald.service
[85880.008365] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Got notification message from PID 81 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85880.008385] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85880.008424] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-journald.service
[85880.008443] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Got notification message from PID 81 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85880.008459] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85894.211257] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-logind.service
[85894.211286] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Got notification message from PID 179 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85894.211308] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85894.211348] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-logind.service
[85894.211369] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Got notification message from PID 179 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85894.211387] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85900.180982] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-journald.service
[85900.181079] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Got notification message from PID 81 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85900.181116] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85900.181174] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-journald.service
[85900.181207] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Got notification message from PID 81 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85900.181236] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85925.985752] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-journald.service
[85925.985794] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Got notification message from PID 81 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85925.985828] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85925.985886] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-journald.service
[85925.985917] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Got notification message from PID 81 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85925.985945] systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85934.211244] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-logind.service
[85934.211273] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Got notification message from PID 179 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85934.211295] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: got WATCHDOG=1
[85934.211336] systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-logind.service
[85934.211356] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: Got notification message from PID 179 (WATCHDOG=1...)
[85934.211375] systemd[1]: systemd-logind.service: got WATCHDOG=1

vorbote

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Re: logs spammed with messages from systemd/watchdog

Find out the module that controls the watchdog in your computer's mainboard and create a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ that blacklists the module. Something like:

# /etc/modprobe.d/watchdog.conf
# The file must have the .conf extension or won't be loaded.

blacklist watchdog_module_name_goes_here

Recreate the kernel's initrd with mkinitcpio and reboot.

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Narga

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Registered: 2011-10-06

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Re: logs spammed with messages from systemd/watchdog

How to find the  module that controls the watchdog? I've looked all /etc/ folder but not found anythings. I read the wiki and found

kernel.nmi_watchdog=0

to disable it but it does not work.

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 4,111

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Re: logs spammed with messages from systemd/watchdog

Find out the module that controls the watchdog in your computer's mainboard and create a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ that blacklists the module. Something like:

# /etc/modprobe.d/watchdog.conf
# The file must have the .conf extension or won't be loaded.

blacklist watchdog_module_name_goes_here

Recreate the kernel's initrd with mkinitcpio and reboot.

But this has nothing to do with hardware. It's systemd's own internal watchdog it injects into its event loop. Usually, the messages seen here are only at the debug level.

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