Bug 8233

Summary:	startkde magic/random problem.
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Michael Maher <mike>
Component:	kdebase	Assignee:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero>
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Description Michael Maher 2000-01-06 17:46:17 UTC

In the /usr/bin/startkde script, it will hang on the 'random' section of
the script.

f=$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kfm/magic
[ -f $f ] || dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=16 | md5sum > $f

Should be:

f=$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kfm/magic
[ -f $f ] || dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=16 | md5sum > $f

Note this test:
[root@vnc1-1 bin]# dd if=/dev/random bs=1 count=16 of=foo
0+0 records in
0+0 records out

[root@vnc1-1 bin]# dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=16 of=foo
16+0 records in
16+0 records out


If the startkde script enters this state it will hang.

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-01-18 11:47:59 UTC

Thanks, fixed.