ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 62, Issue 77

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Fri, 10/9/09, Alain Muls <alain.muls at telenet.be> wrote:

> From: Alain Muls <alain.muls at telenet.be>
> Subject: Re: ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 62, Issue 77
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 11:31 AM
> On 10/09/2009 ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> wrote:
> > > Hi ubuntu-users,
> > > > 
> > > > In installed the 9.10 beta of Karmic. My
> home dir is on a 
> > separate 
> > > > encrypted directory shared with jaunty. I
> sat up the cryptinit 
> > startup 
> > > > script in exactly the same manner in Karmic
> and disabled the 
> > spash 
> > > > screen (no quiet splash in
> /etc/default/grub) but the splash 
> > screen is 
> > > > still there (I ran the grub-install script)
> and I am not asked 
> > for the 
> > > > passwd to get access to the eenvrypted
> drive.
> > > > 
> > > > Any help is appreciated
> > > > 
> > > > bye/Alain
> > > > 
> >     Think back. Did you not
> install something on Jaunty to get 
> > cryptinit? You need to install it on Karmic too.
> > 
> 
> I installed the necessary programs since when I open up a
> terminal and run
> 
> sudo /etc/init.d/cryptinit start
> 
> everything works fine.
> 
> Only the link I have created
> 
> [502] [amuls at geodprof: /etc/rcS.d]$ ls -l ???cryptinit
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-10-08 09:04 S28cryptinit
> -> 
> ../init.d/cryptinit
> 
> is not executed at startup, so I do not get the prompt for
> the passwd. 
> To be able to enter this password, I also want to get rid
> of the splash. 
> In jaunty I replaced for that purpose:
> quiet splash - option from menu.lst
> with
> vga=793
> 
> Something similar I cannot do with Karmic.
> 
Have you tried putting your link(or script) in /etc/rc.local?
That file is executed at startup as root. Not sure that's what you want but it's worth a try as you can always remove it if it doesn't work using console.
I think you can remove splash from you kernel lines in grub2 but not the same way as in earlier versions.  It has been talked about since the beta release so look in ubuntu list archives for sept and oct.  Search for grub2 or just scan should find you what you want. Karmic has a file(s) in /etc/default/grub and grub.ucf-dist that allows you to change grub2 settings but I haven't used it so can't help you there. I woudld look in the doc files for some howto on changing grub settings in Karmic besides googling.  HTH
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net