Re: [gentoo-user] chrony-3.3 hangs at boot
On Friday, 2 November 2018 16:59:32 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 2 November 2018 16:38:14 GMT Stroller wrote: > > > On 3 Sep 2018, at 19:10, Holger Hoffstätte > > > > > > 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. > > >> … > > > > > > 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. > > It just happens on one machine here, but I shorten the wait by rattling keys > to supply entropy. I'm on chrony-3.3 and gentoo kernel-4.14.78. I have not noticed this problem for a while now. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] chrony-3.3 hangs at boot
On Friday, 2 November 2018 16:38:14 GMT Stroller wrote: > > On 3 Sep 2018, at 19:10, Holger Hoffstätte > > 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. > >> … > > > > 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. It just happens on one machine here, but I shorten the wait by rattling keys to supply entropy. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] chrony-3.3 hangs at boot
> On 3 Sep 2018, at 19:10, Holger Hoffstätte > 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. >> … > > 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.
Re: [gentoo-user] chrony-3.3 hangs at boot
James Stevenson wrote: > I have also experienced this since upgrading chrony. > > James > > I finally synced today but have not updated yet. I did notice the USE flag seccomp is changed/added for chrony tho. Could that be the cause? Maybe it needs adjustment or some additional configuration before running. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] chrony-3.3 hangs at boot
I have also experienced this since upgrading chrony. James
