[Bug 1066376] Re: keyboard doesn't work to enter password with panda and encrypted partitions

[Colin Watson]

Hello Paul, or anyone else affected,

Accepted initramfs-tools into precise-proposed. The package will build
now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-
tools/0.99ubuntu13.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from
verification-needed to verification-done.  If it does not, change the
tag to verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing
will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066376

Title:
  keyboard doesn't work to enter password with panda and encrypted
  partitions

Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “initramfs-tools” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  This ended up being two bugs, one is for missing modules in the
  initramfs-tools static list (which is true for all arches), and one is
  that ARM specifically seems to be getting a wonky initrd.  The precise
  SRU is targetting only the former issue, so lts-quantal kernels (which
  don't build on ARM) can have USB keyboards still functional in their
  initrds.

  [IMPACT]
  Users with certain USB keyboards and no USB->PS/2 BIOS emulation will no longer have keyboard control in their initrds after upgrading to an lts-quantal kernel.

  [TEST CASE]
  If you have the affected hardware, re-run update-initramfs -u both with and without the updated initramfs-tools (with a quantal kernel installed on precise), reboot with "break=bottom" on the command line, and see if you have a keyboard.

  If you don't have the affected hardware, do the above initrd
  generation, and compare results, the new one should include hid-
  logitech-dj and hid-generic.

  [Regression Potential]
  Next to none.  initrds may get a tiny bit larger, but not by any meaningful amount.

  [Original description]
  Installing quantal server on panda from the 20121013 image, a normal install with guided partitioning works fine, and keyboard works during and post-install.

  However, if I select lvm+encrypted partitions from the partitioning
  screen, after rebooting the keyboard does not work for entering the
  password to unlock the disk, which prevents booting the system.

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1066376/+subscriptions