Your message dated Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:14:26 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#1142760: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #1017396, regarding rngd.service fails by default to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: rng-tools5 Version: 5-4+b1 Apparently rngd-service fails by default: # systemctl daemon-reload # systemctl restart rngd # systemctl status rngd x rngd.service - Start entropy gathering daemon (rngd) Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rngd.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-08-15 14:46:07 CEST; 8s ago Duration: 3ms Docs: man:rngd(8) Process: 16819 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rngd -f (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 16819 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CPU: 2ms Aug 15 14:46:07 dpcl064 systemd[1]: Started Start entropy gathering daemon (rngd). Aug 15 14:46:07 dpcl064 rngd[16819]: Unable to open file: /dev/tpm0 Aug 15 14:46:07 dpcl064 rngd[16819]: can't open any entropy source Aug 15 14:46:07 dpcl064 rngd[16819]: Maybe RNG device modules are not loaded Aug 15 14:46:07 dpcl064 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 15 14:46:07 dpcl064 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. # modprobe rng-core # systemctl restart rngd # systemctl status rngd * rngd.service - Start entropy gathering daemon (rngd) Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rngd.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2022-08-15 14:53:10 CEST; 22s ago Duration: 4ms Docs: man:rngd(8) Process: 16889 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rngd -f (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 16889 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CPU: 3ms Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: read error Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: read error Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: read error Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: read error Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: read error Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: read error Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: read error Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: read error Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 rngd[16889]: No entropy sources working, exiting rngd Aug 15 14:53:10 dpcl064 systemd[1]: rngd.service: Deactivated successfully. # modprobe intel-rng modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'intel_rng': No such device # lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Address sizes: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 4 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel BIOS Vendor ID: Intel Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 661 @ 3.33GHz BIOS Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 661 @ 3.33GHz To Be Filled By O.E.M. CPU @ 3.3GHz BIOS CPU family: 205 CPU family: 6 Model: 37 Thread(s) per core: 2 Core(s) per socket: 2 Socket(s): 1 Stepping: 2 Frequency boost: enabled CPU(s) scaling MHz: 37% CPU max MHz: 3334.0000 CPU min MHz: 1200.0000 BogoMIPS: 6687.80 Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopolog y nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid dtherm ida arat flush_l1d Virtualization features: Virtualization: VT-x Caches (sum of all): L1d: 64 KiB (2 instances) L1i: 64 KiB (2 instances) L2: 512 KiB (2 instances) L3: 4 MiB (1 instance) NUMA: NUMA node(s): 1 NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-3 Vulnerabilities: Itlb multihit: KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled L1tf: Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable Mds: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable Meltdown: Mitigation; PTI Mmio stale data: Not affected Retbleed: Not affected Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Spectre v2: Mitigation; Retpolines, IBPB conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP conditional, RSB filling Srbds: Not affected Tsx async abort: Not affected The traditional workaround was something like # echo "HRNGDEVICE=/dev/urandom" >> /etc/default/rng-tools Moving to rng-tools5 this config file is gone, AFAICS. rngd(8) doesn't help. Regards Harri
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 5-4.1+rm Dear submitter, as the package rng-tools5 has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1142760 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/. Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the earliest. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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