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Marcus Griep
Asked: 2009-06-05 11:39:54 +0800 CST

Automatic Reboot after Kernel Panic

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I am currently running Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty, and have had some issues that caused a few kernel panics to crop up. These panics cause the system to dump a bunch of information to the terminal and hang.

More often than not, these happen while I am away from the system. This means that the system sits idle until I come to the terminal, see that it has had a kernel panic, and restart the system.

Is there a way to automate the restart with Linux? I know that with a Windows BSOD, there is an option to automatically reboot after the core dump has occurred. Is there a similar option for Linux?

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  1. Best Answer

    Add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf:

    kernel.panic = 20

    It will reboot after a panic after 20 seconds

    To activate the setting immediately, run:

    systemctl -p
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