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I am trying to start Debian without X, so I set /etc/x11/default-display-manager empty.

It works, but i get a 

random:nonblocking pool is initialized

message.

Is there a better way to do it? Why I'm getting that message?

I'm using xdm.

Thomas
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Xhark
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  • Which Debian version do you have installed? Are you using systemd? – Thomas Sep 28 '16 at 16:06
  • Googling for "random:nonblocking pool is initialized" I've found this : https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2303318 . Try nomodeset as a boot option and see if the issue goes away. – schaiba Sep 28 '16 at 16:09
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    "random:nonblocking pool is initialized" is a normal boot up message... it's not an error. – derobert Sep 28 '16 at 16:35
  • Possible duplicate of http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/210238/60986 – Digital Chris Sep 28 '16 at 17:59

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If you don't want xdm to start at boot, simply disable its systemd unit or initscript:

systemctl disable xdm

or

update-rc.d xdm disable

If you don't need xdm at all you should be able to uninstall it.

Stephen Kitt
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