[Bug 434232] Re: cryptsetup prompt is overriden by upstart and xsplash in Karmic

[Saïvann Carignan]

vbar : Giving the ability to a software to freeze the boot can lead to
many problems, this is not how upstart works. Upstart let you do it in a
very more flexible way as you can define which tasks require each other,
which slightly reduce probabilities of boot problems. This concept boost
boot preformances by starting tasks by events, and many tasks at the
same time.

What you say is already implemented, most of task depend on root
filesystem, but the computer does not need other filesystem than root to
be mounted to boot correctly, therefore it makes no sense to depend on
other filesystems then root. If your Windows NTFS partition doesn't want
to mount because it is unclean, or if your fstab is misconfigured, would
you be happy to see your computer wait infinitely for it? Anyhow, there
is no reason why the computer wouldn't continue to boot at the same time
that it asks your password.

This bug only need something to be done that would be compatible with
new setup. As I said earlier, maybe that implementing password prompt
via xsplash would be a potential solution. Ubuntu developer probably
alreaday have a idea about how to fix this problem in the future.

Until that moment, it's possible to mount a cryptsetup partition from
initramfs or directly in GNOME, so technically speaking, no real feature
as been lost in this bug. Cryptsetup simply needs to be configured
differently than before.

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cryptsetup prompt is overriden by upstart and xsplash in Karmic
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