From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Nov 26 02:32:05 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64D4C554D2 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:32:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x22d.google.com (mail-io0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 754D4E85 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:32:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xxjack12xx@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id a124so149282898ioe.2 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:32:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=zYZL9cFVIJ7uPOFd8jVbAOYlncS0GbLL+fWLsW4XycA=; b=B5oS2yb4ZxYUuXxnMDgMr5sVGyuUfG07PuyaSIwYP6Q2ckD/+5XJpJInzGSIaqo3F5 pOT9LErQzXk7qGkhLVPoqb8tlgS7yBdTYOotIrKjBEAywjU9ARkycPwHr/SIAhCoA+q3 6VNfxmmSK46PrCHwT11+L2RfC11emoIgmoc8KTGGH0E+PyAQkPneYBA+CE1R+CMmXZC5 mGSJ4v6ywki8jGNOipBQP9UU7xMBVITv6NjNnegpRtSZKhNgfFzZoXrQqEbOxM/E6m0h 6JehDr1eheNx05tENS/eo7Kwn/o4+jG8M/UfyzSGmJqqBq3GeYRrY2vh4ZYBm9T9ZqCH TRtA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=zYZL9cFVIJ7uPOFd8jVbAOYlncS0GbLL+fWLsW4XycA=; b=F3+bB4i/3k7ZA00++odf4TnpV8+VnPrDjZmnzSDELa8ya+NaQAMian6kQYBMuKe4Cg L8nB9vuqYeX7u8TYcL2gf/Ttn+nm+moMDMd4HwGs8BpFIMIUscdMJd7QAv7r9dwSGADP h8piwKdsKBH6U5oVv8oHP1hLvdv0KoghGmSkOFjU6fSQycNefHXsqrxGt/VQRZRcuIiQ sLlj3oGA5HK0VbInBXB6T9BXT+tE2CxZ6OcjjqHEeuBR1Vhug599t+j3WCoVB/vTd1Bu 2enlGxkxZsPTfPsOljBzmQYAZ0mNVzT+8ItBDuKo3oDLbVm3+t45O045+3VLHxveGYLf MEYg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC03GWpZhBTL+EX76lCl5uh6VltN9wDQLBT5MC7gNrHr0UhQqNwDuCIbmj9DLhfiL6MDvUJLfJjSzr4GCvw== X-Received: by 10.107.175.80 with SMTP id y77mr9107367ioe.12.1480127524840; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:32:04 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.178.21 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:31:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20161109121030.2f678bea@gumby.homeunix.com> From: "Jack L." Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:31:24 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Old laptop not able to get enough entropy in FreeBSD 11 To: RW Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 02:32:05 -0000 > > I have an old single core AMD Turion ML-37 laptop that has nothing >> > installed. When I boot it up, the moment it displays login:, it hangs >> > until i press some random keys. At shutdown, it will hang until I >> > press keys and it will not move onto the next line of shutdown until >> > I keep pressing keys. >> > >> > If I cat /dev/random > ./dev/null while using the laptop, it works >> > fine but when nothing is happening, the laptop hangs. Any ideas? It's >> > running 11.0-STABLE >> >> FreeBSD's /dev/random isn't supposed to block once it's seeded, so >> it's very unlikely this has anything to do with entropy. >> > > Any ideas on why the laptop would have that behavior in 11? It didn't hang > at all in 10.3-STABLE > >> >> I just installed 12-CURRENT on the laptop and it also hangs even at install/boot/shutdown until I hit keys, then it will move as long as I continue to hit keys. I also found that if I ping the laptop, it will respond but in between pings, it will hang. Using FreeBSD 10.3, it works perfectly fine without any random keypresses. Any ideas?