First the easy one: your logging problem is probably a name resolution
problem. You don't tell us which Linux distribution/version you are using,
so the fix is largely guesswork. One possibility: make sure the file
/etc/nsswitch.conf exists, and that it includes this line: "hosts: files
dns". BTW, logging has nothing to do with inittab; it is starting the
"syslogd" process.
The harder one: random numbers are not used for pids (they are generated
sequentially), but they are used by encryption libraries and some games. Why
is it hanging? Beats me. Go look in (probably) /etc/init.d, and grep the
line that includes the phrase "Starting Random Number Generator". See what
is actually hanging (it might be the action *after* the RNG, not the RNG
itself). If you can't figure it out on your own, post the details, including
the relevant extract from this startup script.
At 11:56 AM 1/26/00 -0700, John Starkey wrote:
>On rebooting my 2 Linux boxes I get hangs on each of them.
>
>My girlfriends box, which I am in the process of converting from Windows
>98, hangs at "Starting Random Number Generator". And my box, from which
>I just pulled my modem card to install in hers, hangs at "Starting
>System Log". I have to do a hard boot on hers. Mine just continues after
>a few minutes.
>
>I have heard of the system log, and I think it has something to do with
>the contents of inittab??? Is it the instructions for booting the
>system???
>
>But the Random Number Generator???? Could someone explain it's use???
>Where would Random Numbers be used (maybe PID's)??
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