Warning about random number generator on AMD CPU #582

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opened 2020-05-01 21:40:54 +02:00 by thebitstick · 1 comment
thebitstick commented 2020-05-01 21:40:54 +02:00 (Migrated from github.com)

Getting this weird error everytime I use cool-retro-term.

$ user@host ~ ❱ ✔ ≻ cool-retro-term
WARNING: CPU random generator seem to be failing, disable hardware random number generation
WARNING: RDRND generated: 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff
Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway.
$ user@host ~ ❱ ✘ ≻ pacman -Q | grep cool
cool-retro-term 1.1.1-1
$ user@host ~ ❱ ✘ ≻ uname -a
Linux host 5.6.8-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:23:00 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ user@host ~ ❱ ✘ ≻ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="0;36"
HOME_URL="https://www.archlinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.archlinux.org/"
LOGO=archlinux
$ user@host ~ ❱ ✘ ≻ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name"
model name      : AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
...
Getting this weird error everytime I use cool-retro-term. ``` $ user@host ~ ❱ ✔ ≻ cool-retro-term WARNING: CPU random generator seem to be failing, disable hardware random number generation WARNING: RDRND generated: 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway. ``` ``` $ user@host ~ ❱ ✘ ≻ pacman -Q | grep cool cool-retro-term 1.1.1-1 ``` ``` $ user@host ~ ❱ ✘ ≻ uname -a Linux host 5.6.8-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:23:00 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux ``` ``` $ user@host ~ ❱ ✘ ≻ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Arch Linux" PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux" ID=arch BUILD_ID=rolling ANSI_COLOR="0;36" HOME_URL="https://www.archlinux.org/" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/" SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.archlinux.org/" LOGO=archlinux ``` ``` $ user@host ~ ❱ ✘ ≻ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name" model name : AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor ... ```
Pediastrum commented 2023-01-28 15:05:18 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

Same warning. Solved when I updated my BIOS.

Same warning. Solved when I updated my BIOS.
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