On 8/24/07, Udo van den Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While doing gpg --gen-key I can reproduce quite well some sort of > crash/bug/etc: > # gpg --gen-key
[snip] > We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform > some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the > disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number > generator a better chance to gain enough entropy. > [snip] > Segmentation fault > (...) > Call Trace: > [<c0103b75>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f > [<c0103c27>] show_stack_log_lvl+0x9d/0xa5 > [<c0103dfc>] show_registers+0x1cd/0x2e3 > [<c0104010>] die+0xfe/0x200 > [<c010fb77>] do_page_fault+0x43c/0x511 > [<c030220a>] error_code+0x6a/0x70 iirg gpg-keygen uses a lot of cpu time during that phase, you probably should verify your ram and cpu. This kind of problem is often due to faulty hardware. regards, Benoit - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
