[Splashy-devel] Bug#533637: splashy: Splashy doesn't notify user when input is required

[Kjö Hansi Glaz]

Package: splashy
Version: 0.3.13-5
Severity: normal


When init is waiting for user input, splashy dosent notify the user in any way. Sometimes, it is even impossible to input anything. I exeprienced two examples :
- a file system check fail. In this case, user is prompted for the root password in order to start a maintenance shell. But when splashy is enabled, the user is not warned that an input is required, so the boot process seems freezed. I hitted CTRL+ALT+F8, then I saw the prompt, but it was impossible to enter the password.
- booting into a wrong kernel after hibernation. In this case, init asks wether to continue the boot process, but splashy doesn't show anythong and the resume process seems frozen. It is however possible to hit y to continue the boot process or n to abort it.

The problem is that for an user that is not used to these prompts, it can seem that it's impossible to boot anymore.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (10, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30686-pata+preempt (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages splashy depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools        0.93.2            tools for generating an initramfs
ii  libc6                  2.9-12            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdirectfb-1.2-0      1.2.7-2           direct frame buffer graphics - sha
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.0-5         GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.20.1-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libmagic1              5.03-1            File type determination library us
ii  libsplashy1            0.3.13-5          Library to draw splash screen on b
ii  lsb-base               3.2-22            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime

splashy recommends no packages.

Versions of packages splashy suggests:
ii  console-common                0.7.81     basic infrastructure for text cons
pn  splashy-themes                <none>     (no description available)
pn  upstart                       <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information