From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 20 7:36:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gratis.grondar.za (grouter.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D606637B400 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 07:36:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from grondar.za (root@gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0KFa2I53132; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:36:05 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200101201536.f0KFa2I53132@gratis.grondar.za> To: dmaddox@sc.rr.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pcm status References: <20010120094705.B12408@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20010120094705.B12408@cae88-102-101.sc.rr.com> ; from "Donald J . Maddox" "Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:47:05 EST." Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:36:08 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > This is directly traceable to entropy harvesting by /dev/*random. > I know it's not an option if you need to use ssh, but not loading > random.ko will fix the sound problems when moving the mouse or > typing. It doesn't fix the 'hwptr went backwards' messages, though. Please tell me if sysctl -w kern.random.yarrow.bins=2 makes a difference for you. Thanks! M -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message