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List:       apache-modperl
Subject:    Re: mp2 Apache won't start under ssh
From:       "Philippe M. Chiasson" <gozer () ectoplasm ! org>
Date:       2005-12-28 1:07:24
Message-ID: 43B1E54C.3090204 () ectoplasm ! org
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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.

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