Andrey Chernov wrote:
On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 05:51:54PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:

entropy_save_num="17"   # Number of entropy cache files to save.

And haven't seen any problems with repetitive fortunes in the last 2 days.


Could you inspect old saved entries in setup when the bug is active? Are they the same across reboot?

I'm sorry, I don't quite understand this question. When I was seeing the problem before, I would see the same fortune about 8 out of 10 times. Now I am seeing different ones each time.

It also occurs to me that I changed two things at the same time, which has muddied the water a bit. In addition to beefing up my saved entropy, I also removed an old fortunes2 file, which is where the fortune I was seeing most came from. I'm not sure _why_ that would have caused this problem, or if it did, but wit the combination of the two "solutions," my problem is solved.

hth,

Doug

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