Entropy Key being zapped on boot.

Paul Martin pm at simtec.co.uk
Mon Oct 8 11:45:10 BST 2012


On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 06:31:48PM -0400, Joshua Newton wrote:
> That's the best description I can give. I posted to the list some months
> ago, saying that the EK doesn't work with Ubuntu 12.04. Actually, it does.
> There's just one minor hang-up: I have to yank it out of the server and
> plug it back in. At this point, I have no idea if it's down to the kernel
> change (mainline stable on Gentoo to Ubuntu packages) or the complete
> hardware change.

Which kernel is in Ubuntu 12.04?

> Has anyone experienced this sort of thing before?

Yes, it was a faulty USB port/motherboard.

> Do you have a fix or workaround? Is there some sort of secret
> upgraded firmware I could push to the EK?

There is no new firmware.

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