[OTR-users] gaim-otr hangs on generating key

[Ian Goldberg]

The strace (particularly this part:
> open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY)           = 9
> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 1 (in [9], left {3, 0})
> read(9, "8U>\311\320\25\337\347\375U\356\340\276\35\376\311\355"...,
> 300) = 85> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 1 (in [9], left
> {3, 0})
> read(9, "\332\10\202Zi\274\344b\6\305\230/T\31\252d\354\317\326"...,
> 215) = 85> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 1 (in [9], left
> {3, 0})
> read(9, "8\6*\213\253\311/\357U\370?\266L\307b\274\r^\30\rU?\256"...,
> 130) = 85
> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 1 (in [9], left {3, 0})
> read(9, "5\316.\346\1\336G\16\334\37\315J\200\206\352\273\342\3"...,
> 45) = 38
> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
> select(10, [9], NULL, NULL, {3, 0})     = 0 (Timeout)
) leads me to believe that for some reason, your kernel is accumulating
very little randomness in /dev/random [in fact, none at all for 18
seconds, here].  That seems odd, as things like disk accesses and mouse
movements AFAIK add randomness.

Is this an strace of gaim running on the virtual server, or on a client?
If it's on the server, I can imagine that the (real) server machine
isn't giving enough randomness to the virtual server's /dev/urandom.
But I'm unclear on why one would run gaim on the server, and not on a
client.

   - Ian