multi-user startup failure Pre-seeding PRNG:

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 02:47:20PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> >> lock up while going multi-user.  last message on console is
> >> "Pre-seeding PRNG:"
> >> this is an old problem.  it is solved by removing the 'sysctl -a;'
> >> from 
> >>   /etc/rc.d/preseedrandom
> >>   /etc/rc.d/initrandom
> > The real question is: why is 'sysctl -a' hanging?
> 
> of course.  considering that it will lock up the system and
> all i will be able to do is take a digital camera picture
> (no serial port on thinkpad t4x), what would you suggest i
> do to help refine the problem?
> 
> randy

Can you drop into DDB when it locks up?

Kris
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