Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264339AbTEaPXu (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 11:23:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264346AbTEaPXu (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 11:23:50 -0400 Received: from postfix3-1.free.fr ([213.228.0.44]:52366 "EHLO postfix3-1.free.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264339AbTEaPXt (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2003 11:23:49 -0400 Subject: 2.4.18 /dev/random problem From: Philippe Amelant To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1054395393.20196.211.camel@smp-tux.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 31 May 2003 17:36:34 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi I have a compaq server with a little problem. cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail is always 0 so /dev/random block on all read. I have read some discussion about /dev/random on this list. and if I understand /dev/urandom rely on /dev/random for providing good randomness and /dev/random rely on server activity for it's entropy. But I don't understand why my disk activity doesn't refill the entropy counter. If I try to mount floppy I get some entropy but even updating locate db does not provide any entropy ? Should I activate something in disk driver ? Thank -- Philippe Amelant - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/