Re: multi-user startup failure Pre-seeding PRNG:

From: Kris Kennaway <kris_at_obsecurity.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:21:48 -0700
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:41:48PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> 6-very-current
> thinkpad t41
> 
> 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?

Kris
Received on Tue Oct 19 2004 - 19:21:32 UTC

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