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diff --git a/pages/docs/client/known-issues.md b/pages/docs/client/known-issues.md index e1507d7..398ead3 100644 --- a/pages/docs/client/known-issues.md +++ b/pages/docs/client/known-issues.md @@ -62,3 +62,33 @@ loading mails while are reaching your inbox. - Managing a huge ammount of mails (e.g.: moving mails to a folder) will block the UI (see https://leap.se/code/issues/4837) + + +Key generation too slow? +======================== + +When you create a new mail account, the key generation may take a while. While +it is normal that takes approx. 5mins, on virtual machines sometimes takes a +very long time. As long as a 40min!. +Using one of this tricks/hacks that time can be reduced to <5min. + +If you are just testing mail accounts and **do not worry about security** you can +use some tricks to generate the extra entropy needed to speed up the process. + +1. Manually generate entropy + + Move the mouse, type stuff, browse the internet and local files, etc. + +1. Use haveged + + Install the haveged package, most likely is available through your distro's + package manager. + + See: http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/ + +1. Generate IO (may not work on SSDs) + + find / -type f -print0 2>&1 | xargs -0 cat &> /dev/null + +If you want more information you can take a look at: +https://leap.se/code/issues/4656 |