Non-important FATAL Error during boot-up

[Ed Fletcher]

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Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
| On do, 2005-04-07 at 20:10 +0430, Behrang Saeedzadeh wrote:
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|>modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting hw_random ...: No such device
|>
|>I know this probably is not any important, but how can I solve this
|>problem
|>and not see this error message again during bootup?
|
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| echo 'hw_random' | sudo tee -a /etc/hotplug/blacklist
|
| Or open an editor as root and add a line containing hw_random to
| the /etc/hotplug/blacklist file.


I had this same problem on my laptop and this fixed it.  However, I am
curious as to what hw_random is for.  Am I missing something by having
it on the blacklist?

Thanks,
Ed
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whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism
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