/etc/init.d/rng-tools: Cannot find a hardware RNG device to use.

[Jason Lewis]

Hi,

I received my OneRNG today and I'm just having a few problems with getting it to work in debian.

I followed the instructions for installing it, installed the debian package. When I install the rng-tools I get this error:

Preparing to replace rng-tools 2-unofficial-mt.14-1 (using .../rng-tools_2-unofficial-mt.14-1_amd64.deb) ...
Stopping Hardware RNG entropy gatherer daemon: (not running).
Unpacking replacement rng-tools ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up rng-tools (2-unofficial-mt.14-1) ...
Trying to create /dev/hwrng device inode...
/run/udev or .udevdb or .udev presence implies active udev.  Aborting MAKEDEV invocation.
Starting Hardware RNG entropy gatherer daemon: (Hardware RNG device inode not found)
/etc/init.d/rng-tools: Cannot find a hardware RNG device to use.
invoke-rc.d: initscript rng-tools, action "start" failed.


this is in Debian Wheezy. Running as a guest OS in VMWare ESXi.

I have set up the usb passthrough and it appears as though the OneRNG is detected by the OS:
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1d50:6086 OpenMoko, Inc.

and in dmesg:

[881002.459091] hub 2-2:1.0: USB hub found
[881002.464469] hub 2-2:1.0: 7 ports detected
[881003.073678] usb 2-2.1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd
[881003.403597] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[881003.431968] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[881003.431978] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[881003.511485] usb 2-2.1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d50, idProduct=6086
[881003.511495] usb 2-2.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=3
[881003.511497] usb 2-2.1: Product: 00
[881003.511502] usb 2-2.1: Manufacturer: Moonbase Otago http://www.moonbaseotago.com/random
[881003.511504] usb 2-2.1: SerialNumber: 00
[881003.628846] input: VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:02.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/0003:0E0F:0003.0001/input/input5
[881003.646749] hid-generic 0003:0E0F:0003.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse] on usb-0000:02:02.0-1/input0
[881003.671135] cdc_acm 2-2.1:1.0: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem.
[881003.671367] cdc_acm 2-2.1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
[881003.672962] input: VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:02.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.1/0003:0E0F:0003.0002/input/input6
[881003.673648] hid-generic 0003:0E0F:0003.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse] on usb-0000:02:02.0-1/input1
[881003.676545] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
[881003.676551] cdc_acm: USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jason