Watchdog? "If Chromium isn't running, reboot?"

[andiohn]

I've had the system boot up before I arrive at work and when I do, it's on the desktop. So, I assume that the TV was off and chrome didn't start? I'm not sure where to look for that.

A simple 'if this isn't running start it' or 'if this isn't running, reboot'

[andiohn]

Ya, that would be big to help it be more resiliant. An even better thing would be to use docker containers for each part, but that sounds like massive rewrite.

It could be possible that this could be a really good barebones digital signage platform that uses normal, existing tech so that it possibly doesn't even need to be maintained, just enhanced over time.

[andiohn]

This option is interesting, it basically just checks to see if a program is running, and if it isn't, it launches it. We could have this wait like every 15 minutes and then check.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19284919/how-to-test-if-a-process-exists-in-bash

[debloper]

If it's related to #32 (please confirm), then I think it's more important to discover why is that happening.

As a coverup/hotfix a lot can be done, including a scheduled reboot each 6hrs or something (and feel free to do so, if you so prefer). But I'd rather discover and kill the issue at its root.

[andiohn]

Ya, this is needed because we can't really anticipate all possible memory leaks or issues that it'll run into. Also, if there was a way to send a notification, we could keep a log but that might not be possible.

I have to get the remote people to reboot it and we know that we'll get corruption that way.