[OpenIndiana-discuss] problem with no randomness provider // on even new laptops ( Dell )

[Richard Heil]

Thanks Jan,
  I guess it was 995 and I did see it but it really offered no real answer.
About upgrading the bios, well I bought this computer new in December. This
may be part of the problem is that this is too new so how can I upgrade?
  I did try to use it on a much older laptop ( Gateway 5002 WLMI ) and it
get by this error message and continues to boot. I do however get a lot of
hardware issues with OI and I don't have the greater power and hardware
virtualization that this Dell has.
  I will offer up more information on this topic as we go and at some point
there is an answer to this question.

thanks again

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On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Richard Heil <richard.d.heil at gmail.com>wrote:

> To the list;
>   I have a nearly new laptop ( Dell ) and I am getting the no randomness
> provider error message when attempting to boot OI. I looked for the bug
> report and the fix and its part of Oracle bug for open solaris # 38. This
> report is not available from Oracle without an account and password.
>   OI and Illumos mention the bug but there is no information on how to fix
> the problem. Could someone that has the open solaris report # 38 post it
> somewhere. Is this a fixed problem or not??? I understand that it was in a
> previous distribution of Open Solaris ( Nevada, ??? ).
>   I did obtain a little background info from various sources but there
> seems to be lacking a solid response to this problem, this bug.
>   Finally, how does one over come this problem. I have tried the options
> and it offers me a command line option but it only allows me to start with
> grub. Where should I go from there?
>
> let me know if any of you have some answers.
>
> thanks
>
> ruser
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