Re: both X11 and XQuartz encounter similar error
Re: both X11 and XQuartz encounter similar error
- Subject: Re: both X11 and XQuartz encounter similar error
- From: Brandon S Allbery KF8NH <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:03:34 -0400
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- Organization: Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computing Facilities
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On 9/11/10 13:03 , Michael Lachman wrote:
> Jeremy,
>>> dd if=/dev/urandom bs=16 count=1 2> /dev/null | hexdump -e \"x\"
>
> running this by itself in Terminal simply returns another prompt with no other discernible effect. Is it writing to a file and if so where is it located? Am I missing the point entirely? (likely) :-)
Run the same command, only leaving out the "2> /dev/null". My guess is
something changed the permissions on /dev/random (probably only readable by
root).
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brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] email@hidden
system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] email@hidden
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
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