Package: rng-tools-debian
Version: 2.1
After a fresh install and reboot rng-tools-debian fails to start with
# systemctl status rng-tools-debian
* rng-tools-debian.service - LSB: rng-tools (Debian variant)
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/rng-tools-debian; generated)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2020-09-05 07:46:02 CEST;
2min 42s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 626 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/rng-tools-debian start (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Sep 05 07:46:02 srvl065.ac.aixigo.de systemd[1]: Starting LSB: rng-tools
(Debian variant)...
Sep 05 07:46:02 srvl065.ac.aixigo.de rng-tools-debian[626]: Configuring
Hardware RNG entropy gatherer daemon: no hardware RNG device found!
Sep 05 07:46:02 srvl065.ac.aixigo.de rng-tools-debian[653]: failed!
Sep 05 07:46:02 srvl065.ac.aixigo.de systemd[1]: rng-tools-debian.service:
Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 05 07:46:02 srvl065.ac.aixigo.de systemd[1]: rng-tools-debian.service:
Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 05 07:46:02 srvl065.ac.aixigo.de systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: rng-tools
(Debian variant).
It shouldn't fail by default.
Kernel is 5.7.0-3-amd64.
# grep -i rng /boot/config-5.7.0-3-amd64
# CONFIG_ATH9K_HWRNG is not set
# CONFIG_CARL9170_HWRNG is not set
CONFIG_B43_HWRNG=y
CONFIG_B43LEGACY_HWRNG=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_RNG=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_RNG2=y
CONFIG_CRYPTO_RNG_DEFAULT=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_RNG=m
Regards
Harri
