Re: systemctl restart sddm

[Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>]

Hello inkbottle.

inkbottle - 22.07.18, 23:42:
> As some of you already know, since *completely uneventful* upgrade of
> Friday, July 20, 2018, "sddm" does not start automatically anymore,
> whether because something goes wrong at some point or because it
> doesn't start at all, meaning it is not even invoked in the first
> place, that I know not ;)

Are you aware of

sddm: takes extremely long time to start
https://bugs.debian.org/898092

Workaround #1: Just type something in tty until there is enough 
randomness. It usually just takes 5-20 seconds of typing something into 
tty. You don´t even need to login, just type something into the login 
prompt.

Workaround #2: Install haveged (Maxy set it to recommended with sddm 
0.18 package).

Workaround #3: Downgrade the kernel.

I am still using workaround #1, cause I am not convinced that installing 
haveged is beneficial for the reliability of /dev/random, at least not 
for creating new SSH and GPG keys. However there is a host of different 
opinions on that.

Thanks.
-- 
Martin