Hello inkbottle. inkbottle - 22.07.18, 23:42: > As some of you already know, since *completely uneventful* upgrade of > Friday, July 20, 2018, "sddm" does not start automatically anymore, > whether because something goes wrong at some point or because it > doesn't start at all, meaning it is not even invoked in the first > place, that I know not ;)
Are you aware of sddm: takes extremely long time to start https://bugs.debian.org/898092 Workaround #1: Just type something in tty until there is enough randomness. It usually just takes 5-20 seconds of typing something into tty. You don´t even need to login, just type something into the login prompt. Workaround #2: Install haveged (Maxy set it to recommended with sddm 0.18 package). Workaround #3: Downgrade the kernel. I am still using workaround #1, cause I am not convinced that installing haveged is beneficial for the reliability of /dev/random, at least not for creating new SSH and GPG keys. However there is a host of different opinions on that. Thanks. -- Martin
