Index: /trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.c	(revision 15626)
+++ /trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.c	(revision 15627)
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 *  @author GLG, MHPCC
 *
-*  @version $Revision: 1.16 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
-*  @date $Date: 2007-10-17 02:20:24 $
+*  @version $Revision: 1.17 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+*  @date $Date: 2007-11-16 00:41:07 $
 *
 *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
 
 
-psU64 p_psRandomGetSystemSeed()
+psU64 p_psRandomGetSystemSeed(bool log)
 {
     FILE*  fd;
@@ -56,5 +56,7 @@
 
     // Send log message of the system seed value used
-    psLogMsg(__func__,PS_LOG_INFO,"System random seed value used = %" PRIx64, seedVal);
+    if (log) {
+        psLogMsg(__func__,PS_LOG_INFO,"System random seed value used = %" PRIx64, seedVal);
+    }
 
     return seedVal;
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@
         myRNG->gsl = r;
         if(seed == 0) {
-            gsl_rng_set(myRNG->gsl,p_psRandomGetSystemSeed());
+            gsl_rng_set(myRNG->gsl, p_psRandomGetSystemSeed(true));
         } else {
-            gsl_rng_set(myRNG->gsl,seed);
+            gsl_rng_set(myRNG->gsl, seed);
         }
         myRNG->type = type;
@@ -81,7 +83,5 @@
 
     default:
-        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL,
-                true,
-                _("Unknown Random Number Generator Type"));
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL, true, _("Unknown Random Number Generator Type"));
         break;
     }
@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@
         // Check seed value to see if system seed should be used
         if(seed == 0) {
-            gsl_rng_set(rand->gsl,p_psRandomGetSystemSeed());
+            gsl_rng_set(rand->gsl,p_psRandomGetSystemSeed(true));
         } else {
             gsl_rng_set(rand->gsl, seed);
Index: /trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.h
===================================================================
--- /trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.h	(revision 15626)
+++ /trunk/psLib/src/math/psRandom.h	(revision 15627)
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
  * @author GLG, MHPCC
  *
- * @version $Revision: 1.10 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- * @date $Date: 2007-10-09 20:05:32 $
+ * @version $Revision: 1.11 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ * @date $Date: 2007-11-16 00:41:07 $
  *
  * Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -42,5 +42,9 @@
 } psRandom;
 
-psU64 p_psRandomGetSystemSeed();
+/// Get a seed from the system.
+///
+/// Tries /dev/random first, and then the system clock
+psU64 p_psRandomGetSystemSeed(bool log  ///< Print a log message about the choice of seed?
+    );
 
 /** Allocates a psRandom struct.