On devel-proposed I disabled both watchdogs, the services crashes, but the shell starts and I can make a call or networking is up for example.
Here is what the watchdog noticed and the reason it wopuld have rebooted if it was not disabled: Oct 2 08:05:47 ubuntu-phablet watchdog: 'ubuntu-espoo-service' (instance '') hit respawn limit but not rebooting Oct 2 08:05:48 ubuntu-phablet watchdog: 'ubuntu-location-provider-here-posclientd' (instance '') hit respawn limit but not rebooting Oct 2 08:05:48 ubuntu-phablet watchdog: 'ubuntu-location-provider-here-slpgwd' (instance '') hit respawn limit but not rebooting Oct 2 08:06:11 ubuntu-phablet watchdog: 'ubuntu-location-provider-here-slpgwd' (instance '') hit respawn limit but not rebooting A system service crash that would make the device unusable is not worst than rebooting it in a loop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498133 Title: Watchdog is too aggressive, can lead to unusable device To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1498133/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs