Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:28:18 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joachim_Str=F6mbergson?= <watchman@ludd.luth.se> Cc: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SIGPFE problems on Athlon processors running 4.3-STABLE Message-ID: <20011029162818.B13252@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <3BDAABBF.7020706@ludd.luth.se>; from watchman@ludd.luth.se on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:42:39PM %2B0200 References: <3BD71BB0.6090203@ludd.luth.se> <20011026093054.B239@freeway.dcfinc.com> <3BDAABBF.7020706@ludd.luth.se>
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:42:39PM +0200, Joachim Strömbergson wrote: > This might sound stupid, but I actually don't know. What I did was to > do a "make install PREFIX=/usr/opt" in the /usr/ports/security/gnupg > directory to add the port to our system. > > After completion, I simply tried to use the tool to generate key. > "gpg --gen-key" I belive it is (not at the job right now). I tried > big and small sizes of the key and the all hanged after informing me > that there wasn't enough entropy and that I needed to work with the > keyboard to generate some more. > > So, this might be an answer to at least the gnupg problem. How do I > instruct/make gpg select /dev/random instead? I'm sorry, I have no experience with gnupg. However, if it is collecting random entropy through the kernel's random interface, you can increase the amount of entropy seen by your system by adding "rand_irqs=5 9" to your rc.conf file. The numbers I show here (5 and 9) are examples. Pick interrupts in your system that should be busy, but not regular. Good choices would be your network interface cards, or perhaps your hard disk controller. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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