On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 09:11:08PM -0700, Sultan Alsawaf wrote:
> I noticed "systems without sufficient boot randomness" and would like to add
> to this.
>
> With the changes to /dev/random going from 4.16.3 to 4.16.4, my low-spec
> Chromebook does not reach
> the login screen upon boot (it stays stuck on a black screen) until I provide
> a source of entropy to
> the system via interrupts (e.g., holding down a key on the keyboard for 5 sec
> or moving my finger
> across the touchpad a lot). After providing a source of entropy for long
> enough,
> "random: crng init done" prints out in dmesg and the login screen finally
> pops up.
Thanks for the report!
I assume since you're upgrading your own kernel, you must not be
running Chrome OS on your Acer CB3-431 Chromebook (Edgar). Are you
running Chromium --- or some Linux distribution on it?
Thanks,
- Ted
