on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 06:42:29PM -0800, Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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