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 :)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pete [mailto:user-ae97671779d2@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 6:04 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
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??
*From:* David Hay Currie [mailto:user-ab244b10c769@xymon.invalid]
*Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:04 PM
*To:* user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
*Subject:* [hobbit] entropy going yellow
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.