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Message-ID: <46CFCA78.2090500@xs4all.nl>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:21:44 +0200
From: Udo van den Heuvel <udovdh@...all.nl>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mpm@...enic.com, mb@...sch.de
Subject: Re: possible BUG while doing gpg --gen-key
Adrian Bunk wrote:
(...)
> Is CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIA enabled in your kernel?
> If yes, does disabling it help?
I disabled rngd.
I disabled audio-entropyd.
netdev-random remained in effect.
Now it works:
(...)
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to give
the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 44 more bytes)
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
public and secret key created and signed.
pub 1024D/4A87572B 2007-08-25
Key fingerprint = 534F A772 774A 9C7D E10B FCBF A28E 233F 4A87 572B
uid root! <root@...alhost>
sub 2048g/E1BCAD7A 2007-08-25
It even complains about a lack of entropy.
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