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

[Michael Biebl]

Am 09.10.2014 um 02:51 schrieb Nikolaus Rath:
> On 10/08/2014 05:47 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> 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/
> 
> In that case it'd be great if the systemd or the cryptsetup package
> could recommend or suggest the appropriate package (plymouth?).

Could you verify that plymouth solves your problem?


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