OK, this appears to have been fixed in a kernel update, but then broken again, and the error is no longer intermittent - I cannot apt update, which means I can't apt upgrade to a fixed version.
Do you have any suggestions? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1784796 Title: apt update fails - 'std::runtime_error' what(): random_device::__x86_rdrand(void) Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I am seeing the following error randomly on issuing sudo apt update: Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [65.4 kB] 0% [1 InRelease gpgv 69.9 kB] [3 InRelease 7,779 B/65.4 kB 12%]terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error' what(): random_device::__x86_rdrand(void) Aborted Once this occurs, it normally takes at least one, but frequently more than one reboot to resolve. It only happens on one of my systems - a self-build server based on Asrock Rack motherboard C3758D4I-4L running Ubuntu server. I've observed the same issue on the same hardware with the Ubuntu 18.04.1 live ISO. I'm booting in Legacy mode. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: apt 1.6.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Aug 1 08:37:28 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-28 (94 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1784796/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
