X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=website%2Fbugs%2Fheadless-servers-take-too-long-to-generate-host-key.mdwn;h=c7912dec2e61fb4d4e41b25da480e58905ae1bf4;hb=072e05ac7a9872edc3a3e18e103bbba2706254bf;hp=0109b4213c239c68e35ef72e1b7794f712519e9b;hpb=cd8067b949b1910b9d8c8ce4ffd82b2782884db7;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/website/bugs/headless-servers-take-too-long-to-generate-host-key.mdwn b/website/bugs/headless-servers-take-too-long-to-generate-host-key.mdwn index 0109b42..c7912de 100644 --- a/website/bugs/headless-servers-take-too-long-to-generate-host-key.mdwn +++ b/website/bugs/headless-servers-take-too-long-to-generate-host-key.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[meta title="Running `monkeysphere gen-key` on a headless server takes way too long"]] +[[!meta title="Running `monkeysphere gen-key` on a headless server takes way too long"]] When i try to generate a key on a headless machine (no kbd, no mouse, no Human Input Device (HID) at all), `monkeysphere gen-key` hangs for @@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ I've seen this happen on two machines now in the last week, and was able to resolve it on the first one by plugging in a keyboard and "massaging" it. This won't work for a machine that's out of physical range, and has no keyboard to be plugged in anyway. + +One thing that might help is to suggest that the system administrator +install a package like `bsdgames` and play console-based games as a +non-privileged user, since that seems to feed the entropy count +somewhat.