Public bug reported:
"apt-get install rng-tools" fails to create the devices on VIA EPIA
EN1200EG motherboard on Jaunty alpha 2 alternate server package.
This uses VIA C7 CPU that has the VIA Padlock HW random number
generator.
Worked ok on 8.10 with the same motherboard.
Command output:
# apt-get install rng-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
rng-tools
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 110 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/43.5kB of archives.
After this operation, 209kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package rng-tools.
(Reading database ... 106762 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking rng-tools (from .../rng-tools_2-unofficial-mt.12-1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up rng-tools (2-unofficial-mt.12-1) ...
Trying to create /dev/hwrng device inode...
udev active, devices will be created in /dev/.static/dev/
rm: cannot remove `hwrng-': Read-only file system
mknod: `hwrng-': Read-only file system
makedev hwrng c 10 183 root root 0600: failed
rm: cannot remove `hwrng-': Read-only file system
Starting Hardware RNG entropy gatherer daemon: (Hardware RNG device inode not
found)
/etc/init.d/rng-tools: Cannot find a hardware RNG device to use.
invoke-rc.d: initscript rng-tools, action "start" failed.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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rng-tools fails to create device files in jaunty alpha 2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312968
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