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: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??

*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

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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