moriah ~ # esearch haveged [ Results for search key : haveged ] [ Applications found : 1 ]
* sys-apps/haveged Latest version available: 1.9.2-r1 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 483 kB Homepage: http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/ Description: A simple entropy daemon using the HAVEGE algorithm License: GPL-3+ moriah ~ # On 19/10/19 10:34 pm, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 10/18/19 5:47 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2019-10-18, Daniel Frey <djqf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It is waiting for entropy to build. >> >> Interesting -- what does syslog-ng need entropy for? >> >>> Moving mouse or typing on keyboard will speed it up but I have >>> machines only controlled by IR so this was not helpful. >> >> Thanks, I'll try that. >> > > I'm not sure actually. I only found it after 15 minutes of > troubleshooting while noting the time when things started/stopped. I > came across a log entry with something saying "waiting for entropy" > and when I noted when boot continued another entry like "entropy > gathered." > > Those aren't the actual log entries but what I "translated" the > entries to. > > Thankfully I wasn't scratching my head for hours over that one. I did > find if you left it long enough (my IR device would continue boot on > its own after 20 minutes or so) it would eventually boot. > > Waiting 20 minutes for a MythTV appliance to start is pretty silly > though. > > Dan > >
