Ubuntu 18.04 kernel issue

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KBD
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Ubuntu 18.04 kernel issue

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Looks like it is affecting other distros as well:
Ubuntu 18.04 Linux Kernel Update Causes Boot Delays Of 4 Minutes Or More On Some Systems
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/07/u ... auses.html

PS--some are saying Fedora and Debian Unstable as well. Could this affect MX?
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments ... uses_boot/

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Re: Ubuntu 18.04 kernel issue

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Sounds like the same entropy issue that hit Debian Sid months ago with 4.15 kernel, and was fixed months ago.
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Re: Ubuntu 18.04 kernel issue

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sunrat wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:55 pm Sounds like the same entropy issue that hit Debian Sid months ago with 4.15 kernel, and was fixed months ago.
<insert> random Ubuntu bashing </insert> ;) :p
You would think Ubuntu would be aware of it and not used that kernel then :(
It is bad being an Ubuntu LTS. It is worse for Mint as they just released Mint 19 in time to get hit with it during fresh installs :( Worse yet, they changed their default update policy--which would have prevented this--to update everything :(

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Re: Ubuntu 18.04 kernel issue

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We have haveged installed on MX by default, so it won't affect MX unless you decide to tidy up your system and remove it.

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Re: Ubuntu 18.04 kernel issue

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Stevo wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:26 pm We have haveged installed on MX by default, so it won't affect MX unless you decide to tidy up your system and remove it.
That is good to know.

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Re: Ubuntu 18.04 kernel issue

#6 Post by Stevo »

It also doesn't affect newer systems with real hardware random number generators (which generate randomness through quantum effects, I believe).

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