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[SOLVED] Login screen takes too long to appear

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cgirerd
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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#41 Post by cgirerd »

Just a quick question before I may tag this topic as solved. The solution to our issue was to install haveged. But I wonder if our problem was just a missing package we should have installed, or if it is just a way to fix a real problem with the linux kernel (or whatever). I think we are in the second case, do you agree? If so, there might be a real problem somewhere. I guess it might have been observed by developpers, but maybe we should fill in a bug report? What do you think?

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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#42 Post by sunrat »

There was a kernel update today for Stretch. Possibly fixes the problem, I can't confirm though.
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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#43 Post by cgirerd »

sunrat wrote:There was a kernel update today for Stretch. Possibly fixes the problem, I can't confirm though.
I just did the update. I also removed haveged to see if this updated kernel solves our problem. And it looks like it is the case (at least for me). I've rebooted my computer about 20 times on the new kernel and didn't experience any issue.

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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#44 Post by Manumerique »

I got the same problem as cgirerd.
Stuck right before login screen, with usual tty1 output.
When logging into tty2, launching x server with startx, I was automatically sent back to tty1 after a few seconds.
Same without GUI, tty2 stops blinking, same issue.
I'm on Debian Testing, I was on kernel 4.15.3, and the problem happend after the 4.16.1 update.
Nevertheless, I tried booting with older kernels (4.15.3, 4.15.2) without success.
I tried installing haveged, without success.
I tried reinstalling gdm3, without success.
I removed gdm3 and installed lightdm instead, and it works !
The problem (at least mine) seems definitely tied to gdm3.
I'm waiting for a patch before switching back to gdm3.

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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#45 Post by kingocounty »

The latest kernel update appears to have fixed the issue for me. I've uninstalled haveged and have done a few successful reboots with no wait for gdm.

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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#46 Post by lbrunosouzati »

Only confirming, the 05/09/2018 update despite the kernel number being the same the slow screen login problem was solved, even without installing the haveged package I did a clean install with the gnome and the error is no longer detected.

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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#47 Post by kevinthefixer »

Latest kernel update fixed me up too, installed the new kernel, uninstalled haveged and boot times are normal, the sun is shining upon the kingdom, the trees are full of fruit and even the birds are singing! Bet you never expected that from a kernel update now did you? But seriously folks, thanks to all who pitched in and got this fixed. This is the way it's supposed to work, maybe we could show this example to the world's politicians?

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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#48 Post by kingocounty »

Yes, we came together as a community to break, and then fix, Debian. :mrgreen:

Purely said in fun, of course. I have great respect and appreciation for everyone involved in maintaining and furthering Debian. Thanks to all the devs for keeping up this fantastic distribution!

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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#49 Post by cgirerd »

I guess this issue is definitely solved for everyone. Thank you for your help and efforts!

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Re: [SOLVED] Login screen takes too long to appear

#50 Post by Manumerique »

Problem not solved for me.
Didn't have a kernel update in Debian Testing since 4.16.1.
Tried to remove lightdm and reinstall gdm, with same problems as in my previous post.
Folks, what was the version number of your kernel update ?

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Re: Login screen takes too long to appear

#51 Post by cgirerd »

Oh sorry. The kernel update seems to have solved the problem for all the people using stable. I guess the update cycle for testing is different, and that you'll get a fix in a close future. Our kernel version is 4.9.0-6.

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Re: [SOLVED] Login screen takes too long to appear

#52 Post by sunrat »

Manumerique wrote:Problem not solved for me.
Didn't have a kernel update in Debian Testing since 4.16.1.
Tried to remove lightdm and reinstall gdm, with same problems as in my previous post.
Folks, what was the version number of your kernel update ?
This is the first report of this in testing and is probably unrelated. I suggest you start a new thread and give as much detail about your system and the problem as possible.
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Re: [SOLVED] Login screen takes too long to appear

#53 Post by piper »

Manumerique wrote:Problem not solved for me.
Didn't have a kernel update in Debian Testing since 4.16.1.
Tried to remove lightdm and reinstall gdm, with same problems as in my previous post.
Folks, what was the version number of your kernel update ?
This effects stable, testing & sid

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grep -i -o rdrand /proc/cpuinfo

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apt update; apt install rng-tools5

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