Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:47:20 -0700 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: multi-user startup failure Pre-seeding PRNG: Message-ID: <16757.35688.795976.719745@ran.psg.com> References: <16757.28156.361400.647815@ran.psg.com> <20041019212148.GB93330@xor.obsecurity.org>
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>> lock up while going multi-user. last message on console is >> "Pre-seeding PRNG:" >> this is an old problem. it is solved by removing the 'sysctl -a;' >> from >> /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom >> /etc/rc.d/initrandom > The real question is: why is 'sysctl -a' hanging? of course. considering that it will lock up the system and all i will be able to do is take a digital camera picture (no serial port on thinkpad t4x), what would you suggest i do to help refine the problem? randy
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