Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 18:31:24 -0800 From: "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Old laptop not able to get enough entropy in FreeBSD 11 Message-ID: <CALeGphyfmSCy8dOg-8_JHm=P6o6ucNhV2TsAZGxWMo-PULAAqg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CALeGphx=UBhBmE4X_Q3H%2BwE3Zg=Tki_EWmVAs-728fjuMPzJxw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALeGphz-dL9jwy7=8hN0p7YtmY=ad-dgi7Ee2NqRtuURk%2Bu1ew@mail.gmail.com> <20161109121030.2f678bea@gumby.homeunix.com> <CALeGphx=UBhBmE4X_Q3H%2BwE3Zg=Tki_EWmVAs-728fjuMPzJxw@mail.gmail.com>
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> > 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?
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