Hi, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > Ah, it seems to be this one, from 2002: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=155175 So it's not a bug but a feature. :( I'm riddling over the code about the connection to an old graphics algorithm (Bresenham's Algorithm) and how shred produces a random pattern at all. Have a nice day :) Thomas