[Bug 1727816] Re: cannot enter encryption password in GUI

[Paul White]

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Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) reached end-of-life on July 19, 2018.

I'm setting the status of this bug to 'Incomplete' as it's not seen any
activity for some time. If this is still an issue when using a currently
maintained release of Ubuntu then please let us know which one(s)
otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days
time.

** Tags added: artful

** Changed in: plymouth (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Changed in: ubuntu
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  cannot enter encryption password in GUI

Status in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I am running Ubuntu 17.10 Desktop on a Dell XPS 2720, under which VirtualBox 5.2.0 is running.
  Within VirtualBox I installed a 2nd level 17.10 Desktop and checked off encryption during installation (forcing LVM to be used). The install went flawlessly, then I tried to reboot and it asked for the password (in GUI mode) to access the encrypted disk, but when I typed it no asterisks came up and it never accepted my typing.

  However, when I booted in recovery mode (textually) it asked for the
  password in text, I entered it, Ubuntu accepted it, then I hit resume
  boot up and it booted up into the GUI. This bug seems NOT to be
  present in a bare metal environment only when running under VirtualBox
  (I have not tested other virtualization technologies, just VirtualBox
  5.2.0)

  
  Thanks,

  Stuart

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