On Thursday, 29 November 2018 18:36:11 GMT wabe wrote: > Daniel Frey <djqf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 11/28/18 12:40 PM, Andrew Udvare wrote: > > > > >> On Nov 28, 2018, at 15:09, Daniel Frey <djqf...@gmail.com> > > >> > > > > >> wrote: > > >> I've attached the two log files. > > >> > > > > I would like to see your syslog in both cases; dmesg output. > > > > > > I left the laptop sitting without logging in and when I came back > > > ten minutes later I saw that Xorg started. > > > > I found this in the log: > > > > [ 298.914537] random: crng init done > > [ 298.914542] random: 5 urandom warning(s) missed due to > > ratelimiting > > > > So about five minutes after boot the random number finished > > initializing and the Xorg started right after. > > You could install sys-apps/haveged. > > I really don't know if this will solve your actual problem, but maybe > it helps to speed up the random generation.
If you'd read the part you snipped, you'd have seen that Dan had indeed tried haveged and it worked. Thank you, Dan. I hadn't heard of it, but your report immediately suggested I try it to reduce the wait while chronyd started, on two machines here. Worked like a charm: no waiting for enough entropy to be collected. -- Regards, Peter.
