[Bug 1980217] Re: Cryptsetup should indicate if caps lock is on

[Juan]

This would be a nice feature to have. Very easy to fail three times to
input the right password if you don't know if capslock is active. The
login screen gets this right, but the disk decryption step does not show
any hint.

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Title:
  Cryptsetup should indicate if caps lock is on

Status in cryptsetup package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When cryptsetup presents the password challenge at boot, it does not
  provide any indication if Caps Lock is on (as, for example, the GDM
  login screen does). This has caused my colleages and I issues entering
  out encryption password, as the caps lock indicator on our laptop
  keyboards does not show at this point in the boot process.

  Steps to reproduce:
  * Boot a system with an encrypted drive
  * At the cryptsetup password prompt, press the capslock key
  * EXPECTED: An indication is shown if caps lock is on.
  * ACTUAL: No indication is shown.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
  Package: cryptsetup 2:2.3.7-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-51.58-generic 5.13.19
  Uname: Linux 5.13.0-51-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Jun 29 11:07:30 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-02-11 (137 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  SourcePackage: cryptsetup
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2022-02-23 (125 days ago)
  cmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.13.0-51-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgubuntu-root ro quiet splash resume=UUID=eb91b6dd-0fee-4099-a869-6cc3c124ebaa resume_offset=13047808
  crypttab: nvme0n1p3_crypt UUID=57efd2b7-01f2-4d81-8905-7f9cfe4b88b8 none luks,discard

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