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

[Nikolaus Rath]

On 10/08/2014 06:17 PM, Michael Biebl wrote:
> 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?

Yes it did. Thank you!

-Nikolaus

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