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Re: systemctl restart sddm



El lunes, 23 de julio de 2018 03:01:36 -03 Martin Steigerwald escribió:
> 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.

Some people even found this bug with kernel 4.16, it seems that something in 
the kernel is changing.


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