Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > 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.
Ops. Sorry, I missed that part. -- wabe
