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FS#28349 - pacman-key --init never finishes
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Opened by Daniel Hellsson (sciboy) - Friday, 10 February 2012, 12:02 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Friday, 10 February 2012, 14:48 GMT
Opened by Daniel Hellsson (sciboy) - Friday, 10 February 2012, 12:02 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Friday, 10 February 2012, 14:48 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
I try to generate pacman-keys by using the "pacman-key --init" command. Expected result: The keys necessary are generated. Actual result: The program hangs at "Not enough random bytes available..." No matter how much other programs I run or how much I access the webserver on the same machine, nothing happens. I've added a watch on /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail and there is never more than about 60 bytes available there. It increases a bit, then it is reset to 0. I set it to critical since this means that I cannot update my system, which is up and running, a critical software for my company. Additional info: * package version(s): pacman-key 4.0.1 pacman 4.0.1 libpalm v7.0.1 Steps to reproduce: Hard to see how someone else might reproduce this, I'm not sure what I did to get to this position. It appears that something is eating my random data. What I did is described above. |
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See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(computing)#Entropy_in_the_Linux_kernel