Bug#764555: systemd: cryptsetup password overwritten/hidden by status messages

[Michael Biebl]

Am 09.10.2014 um 02:43 schrieb Nikolaus Rath:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 215-5+b1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running Debian testing. After the last dist-upgrade, systemd has
> started showing status messages during boot (sort of like sysvinit used
> to do). This is certainly much prettier and more informative than the 
> blank screen that I had before, but it has the unfortunate side-effect
> of interfering with the cryptsetup password prompt. Sometimes the prompt
> is several lines before the cursor with other messsages in between, and 
> sometimes it's actually overwritten completely.
> 
> It'd be nice if status output would be suppressed/delayed while a
> password prompty is active.

You'll need something like plymouth to multiplex the input/output.

http://web.dodds.net/~vorlon/wiki/blog/Plymouth_is_not_a_bootsplash/


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