Re: Long delay between xdm and X startup

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

Christian Pernegger wrote:
> After an /etc/init.d/xdm start nothing happens for 30-40 seconds, only
> then X starts and the gdm login prompt pops up. startx works instantly,
> no delay if I use gdm.

  grep urandom /etc/X11/xdm/*

  replace /dev/urandom by /dev/mem

  not sure if it's a good idea overall but it takes care of the delay.
AFAIK urandom waits for some activity to generate random numbers (it was
in docs to something or another, I thin ssh)

	erik