In the last episode (Oct 19), Randy Bush said: > >> 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? Does it really lock up, or does sysctl just not return? Can you hit ^C? Does ^T print anything? Can you break into the debugger via Ctrl-Alt-ESC? After you comment them out, does "sysctl -a" lock the system if you run it after the system boots up? Something to try might be to change the script to run "truss sysctl -a" and remove the 2>/dev/null, which should list all the syscalls it does to the screen and you can tell which one it is hanging on (or at least the last one that worked). -- Dan Nelson dnelson_at_allantgroup.comReceived on Tue Oct 19 2004 - 19:56:26 UTC
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