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

[Mahiar Mody]

I agree. I installed Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) today using the
"64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image". I opted to erase everything on disk
and do a fresh install.

During installation, I opted to encrypt the hard disk and also my home
folder. The installation succeeded and I was prompted as usual to
reboot.

However, after the reboot, my wireless keyboard was not detected and so
could not enter the pass-phrase to continue booting Ubuntu.

Finally I reverted back to Ubuntu 13.04, which does not have this issue.

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

Status in “base-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “initramfs-tools” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “base-installer” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “initramfs-tools” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

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 get a cut-down initrd due to the base-installer
  default of setting MODULES=dep only on ARM.  The initramfs-tools SRU
  only addresses the former.

  [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.

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