From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3053C138334 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2018 16:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 04D02E086A; Fri, 2 Nov 2018 16:38:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nedmail.networkned.co.uk (nedmail.networkned.co.uk [172.104.159.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6518BE0839 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2018 16:38:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.20.183.203] (unknown [91.224.27.125]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by nedmail.networkned.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6C92D1F08F for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2018 16:38:15 +0000 (UTC) From: Stroller Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C692478F-D336-43B6-AED2-AC8C39724A51" Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] chrony-3.3 hangs at boot Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 16:38:14 +0000 References: <2280527.7xjltv8kMM@dell_xps> To: Gentoo User In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <60449A2C-8E0A-46EF-B156-2C37CB8BDD66@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) X-Archives-Salt: 371fa783-3b9d-49ce-88e0-14e65e30e25b X-Archives-Hash: 5c130b6f6e699c17ee8e0bbd74e1aac1 --Apple-Mail=_C692478F-D336-43B6-AED2-AC8C39724A51 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 3 Sep 2018, at 19:10, Holger Hoffst=C3=A4tte = wrote: >=20 > On Mon, 03 Sep 2018 17:48:53 +0100, Mick wrote: >=20 >> I just noticed today chronyd hangs during boot for a minute and a = half. The=20 >> logs do not reveal anything amiss. I suspect it waits for a network=20= >> connection, which is not yet up when chronyd launches. >> =E2=80=A6=20 >=20 > Yes and yes; countless people have been hit by this, I was probably = the first > to notice/debug it. It happens due to changes in Linux' random number > generator, which is now slowly making it into older kernels as well. Perhaps I'm experiencing this because I'm using a Linode VM - it seems = to hang indefinitely, not just for 90 seconds - but it looks a bit like = the devs have passed the report upstream and left the affected versions = in the tree to bite stable users. Stroller. --Apple-Mail=_C692478F-D336-43B6-AED2-AC8C39724A51 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8


On 3 Sep = 2018, at 19:10, Holger Hoffst=C3=A4tte <holger@applied-asynchrony.com> wrote:

On Mon, 03 Sep 2018 17:48:53 = +0100, Mick wrote:

I just noticed today chronyd hangs = during boot for a minute and a half.  The 
logs do not = reveal anything amiss.  I suspect it waits for a network 
connection, = which is not yet up when chronyd launches.
=E2=80=A6 

Yes and yes; countless people have been hit by this, I was = probably the first
to notice/debug it. It happens due to changes in Linux' = random number
generator, = which is now slowly making it into older kernels as well.

Perhaps= I'm experiencing this because I'm using a Linode VM - it seems to hang = indefinitely, not just for 90 seconds - but it looks a bit like the devs = have passed the report upstream and left the affected versions in the = tree to bite stable users.

Stroller.

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