[Bug 1784796] Re: apt update fails - 'std::runtime_error' what(): random_device::__x86_rdrand(void)

2019-06-06 Thread David Haggett
In my case, it was happening on a headless server so lots of keyboard access isn't an option. I actually fixed it on my system by reversing a change to a BIOS setting which I had initially changed to work around the same issue on a previous occurrence. The setting on my system related to the

[Bug 1827184] [NEW] Entropy depletion prevents apt update

2019-05-01 Thread David Haggett
Public bug reported: Invoking "sudo apt update" from the CLI produces the following output: david@srvbuntu:~$ sudo apt update Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/iconnor/zoneminder-1.32/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Get:1

[Bug 1784796] Re: apt update fails - 'std::runtime_error' what(): random_device::__x86_rdrand(void)

2019-03-20 Thread David Haggett
OK, this appears to have been fixed in a kernel update, but then broken again, and the error is no longer intermittent - I cannot apt update, which means I can't apt upgrade to a fixed version. Do you have any suggestions? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1784796] Re: apt update fails - 'std::runtime_error' what(): random_device::__x86_rdrand(void)

2018-08-02 Thread David Haggett
Ah! Awesome, thanks. So the fact that I run apt immediately after rebooting to check if I've cleared the problem, is what is causing the problem. That figures. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1784796] [NEW] apt update fails - 'std::runtime_error' what(): random_device::__x86_rdrand(void)

2018-08-01 Thread David Haggett
Public bug reported: I am seeing the following error randomly on issuing sudo apt update: Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [65.4 kB] 0% [1 InRelease gpgv 69.9 kB] [3 InRelease 7,779 B/65.4 kB 12%]terminate called after throwing an instance of