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Re: Long delay between xdm and X startup



on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 06:42:29PM -0800, Erik Steffl (steffl@bigfoot.com) wrote:
> 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)

Hmmm...

This may indicate an overutilization of system entropy, or a failure
save state?  Talking out my ass, but this strikes me as quite odd.

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