[Splashy-devel] Bug#480959: Bug#480959: splashy doesn't allow you to enter LUKS password at boot up

[John Hughes]

Alex Samad wrote:
> I did a fresh install of debian using an encrypted file system, during
> the boot up sequence it asks for a LUKS password.  when I run splashy it 
> 1) doesn't show any info on the graphical screen, it stop and doesn't
> prompt for a LUKS password. I have to esc out and goto VT2 to enter the
> password.  Seems like whatever I have type when splashy is up doesn't
> get passed through properly, the <cr> seems to work, because when I
> <esc> back to text i have a few lines showing enter has been pressed
> because I have a few failed password attempts.  once I have entered the
> LUKS password, it returns to splashy and then prompts me for my
> hibernation password which works okay, it just seems to be the
> interface to the unlocking of the encrypted filesystem that is broken
>   
"Splashy works badly with luks":
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=472495

"splashy: getpass/getstring don't work
<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473101>"
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473101