Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:49:17 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: multi-user startup failure Pre-seeding PRNG: Message-ID: <20041019214917.GA93945@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <16757.35688.795976.719745@ran.psg.com> References: <16757.28156.361400.647815@ran.psg.com> <20041019212148.GB93330@xor.obsecurity.org> <16757.35688.795976.719745@ran.psg.com>
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--RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 02:47:20PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > >> 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=20 > >> /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom > >> /etc/rc.d/initrandom > > The real question is: why is 'sysctl -a' hanging? >=20 > 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? >=20 > randy Can you drop into DDB when it locks up? Kris --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBdYvcWry0BWjoQKURArMeAKDBAGZVXaeNG4qjuHCt6YOYDn3ZYACcDqp5 5hxtjjH9LVqb9RDF9oYLarA= =C5dk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1--
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