Helmut Zeilinger wrote: > >> Sounds like a lack of entropy, since you aren't typing on the local >> keyboard: >> http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/troubleshooting/troubleshooting.html#Server_Hanging_at_the_Startup >> > In deed the /dev/random device does not generate (enough) bytes, when > the keyboard is not > used. ("cat /dev/random" stops after a few bytes, when not typing > something on the keyboard) > > As suggested in the troubleshooting (which i didn't read..) it works > with the alternative /dev/urandom > device.
Another option that might be worth considering is to supply more/better entropy to your system. There are various deamons out there that will do that. Like EGD and prngd (just a few on top of my head). On linux, it's also quite simple to feed entropy to /dev/random with arbitrairy sources. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philippe M. Chiasson m/gozer\@(apache|cpan|ectoplasm)\.org/ GPG KeyID : 88C3A5A5 http://gozer.ectoplasm.org/ F9BF E0C2 480E 7680 1AE5 3631 CB32 A107 88C3A5A5
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