[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#562427: cryptsetup: Cannot enter luks pass phrase with USB keyboard during boot

[Jonas Meurer]

retitle 562427 please rephrase the installer question about MODULES setting for initramfs-tools
reassign 562427 base-installer
thanks

hey john,

On 23/02/2010 John Martin wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Jonas Meurer <jonas at freesources.org> wrote:
> > [[...]] where does this driver-policy file come from? it sets
> > MODULES=dep, and thus overwrites MODULES=most from
> > initramfs.conf. maybe that's the problem?
> 
> Indeed, the problem is with /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/driver-policy.
> Where did it come from?

the file is created by the debian-installer in case that you answer a
low priority question accordingly. so i guess that you installed with
debconf priority=low and selected MODULES=dep. you really should know
what you do when selecting MODULES=dep.

> > [[...]] unfortunately i'm busy with other things at the moment, and
> > only have limited time to help you with debugging an issue that's
> > not even related to the cryptsetup package at all. but let's see ...
> 
> Thank you.  Your help and patience has been very much appreciated.
> 
> What now?  This is now clearly not a bug in cryptsetup.  Should this
> bug be held open _somewhere_ pending a witch hunt for the origin of
> the driver-policy file and maybe why it remained in place?  I dunno
> when I might have a chance to try to reproduce the install on a the
> same or a similar box.  In any event, unless it would be pointless, I
> should perhaps try to look for other packages that may have been
> involved with initramfs-tools during or immediately after initial
> installation.  I would welcome a list of plausible suspects.  Recall
> this was/is a devastating bug for someone with only a USB keyboard
> booting an encrypted system.  It might inhabit only amd64 boxen?
> 
> Should this bug be closed now with the intent to open a new bug when a
> plausible source of the driver-policy file is isolated?

this mail will reassign the bug to base-installer and retitle it to
'please rephrase the installer question about MODULES setting for
initramfs-tools'

greetings,
 jonas
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