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edoceo
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Removing the Linux /dev/random blocking pool
This looks like it explains why syslog-ng is hanging on boot? It's trying to read a random. At least, hangs until there is some random (have to just mash the keyboard a bit)
beefhash
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I am now somewhat curious why syslog-ng needs random bytes on boot.
downerending
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This reminds me of the (possibly apocryphal) story of old VMS (?) systems hanging if their console, which was often a printer, ran out of paper.
lanternslight
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Ugh! That explains so much! I did not correlate the mashing of keys and mouse clicks with RNG.
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