RE: [hobbit] entropy going yellow

["David Hay Currie" <dhaycurrie (at) leisurefitness.com>]

Thanks. I used the info that you gave me but I used a more debian/Ubuntu
solution since I like to keep everything in the apt-get.
From what I was readying, there are also other programs that can make
random data available, so I installed rng-tool, but I also installed
randomsound which is available in the apt-get repository and my entropy
went from 160 to 1800 in just that second after the install.
I was watching the entropy using 
watch -n 1 cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
to get realtime reads.
Now my xymon servers read green on the entropy :)

David Hay Currie
IT Manager
Leisure Fitness
231 Executive Dr. Suite 15
Phone: 302-224-5018
Fax: 302-224-5001 (atte: David Hay Currie)



-----Original Message-----
From: Pete [mailto:pete_56 (at) hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 6:04 PM
To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] entropy going yellow

Hello David,
I use to have the same problem on Debian (lenny).

I solved it; take a look to :

http://www.chrissearle.org/blog/technical/increase_entropy_26_kernel_lin
ux_box

In case rng-tools might not work, check for "randomsound".

Ragards,
Pete


On 18/02/2010 17:12, David Hay Currie wrote:
> Anyone has any idea on this??
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> *From:* David Hay Currie [mailto:dhaycurrie (at) leisurefitness.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:04 PM
> *To:* hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> *Subject:* [hobbit] entropy going yellow
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> The entropy check on my xymon server keeps going yellow saying that
the
> kernel entropy pool is low. However I am not completely sure what it
is
> (I did look for info online) or how to fix the check so it does not go
> yellow (increase the entropy? Clear it ?)
> 
> If anyone can give me a hand I would appreciate it.
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