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From: wabe <wabenbau@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Odd problem with Xorg
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:42:40
Message-Id: 20181130164223.45cebe9f@hal9000.localdomain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Odd problem with Xorg by Peter Humphrey
1 Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2
3 > On Thursday, 29 November 2018 18:36:11 GMT wabe wrote:
4 > > Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote:
5 > > > On 11/28/18 12:40 PM, Andrew Udvare wrote:
6 > > > > > >> On Nov 28, 2018, at 15:09, Daniel Frey
7 > > > > > >> <djqfrey@×××××.com>
8 > > > >>
9 > > > > > >> wrote:
10 > > > >> I've attached the two log files.
11 > > > >>
12 > > > > > I would like to see your syslog in both cases; dmesg output.
13 > > > >
14 > > > > I left the laptop sitting without logging in and when I came
15 > > > > back ten minutes later I saw that Xorg started.
16 > > >
17 > > > I found this in the log:
18 > > >
19 > > > [ 298.914537] random: crng init done
20 > > > [ 298.914542] random: 5 urandom warning(s) missed due to
21 > > > ratelimiting
22 > > >
23 > > > So about five minutes after boot the random number finished
24 > > > initializing and the Xorg started right after.
25 > >
26 > > You could install sys-apps/haveged.
27 > >
28 > > I really don't know if this will solve your actual problem, but
29 > > maybe it helps to speed up the random generation.
30 >
31 > If you'd read the part you snipped, you'd have seen that Dan had
32 > indeed tried haveged and it worked.
33 >
34 > Thank you, Dan. I hadn't heard of it, but your report immediately
35 > suggested I try it to reduce the wait while chronyd started, on two
36 > machines here. Worked like a charm: no waiting for enough entropy to
37 > be collected.
38
39 Ops. Sorry, I missed that part.
40
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42 wabe