On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 11:25:53PM +0530, Anil wrote:

> I tried to use a USB keyboard, but of course that won't work in Qubes.

that is not a "of course" qubes thing but your choice / configuration.
you can use a USB keyboard with qubes if you want to, including
for entering luks passphrase.


> I know this is not directly a Qubes OS related question, but could it
> be due to an IME exploit or something like that? There is no question

if you assume a hardware/firmware level compromise, there is no
real way to reuse any of the hardware in a safe way.
== you have to replace _all_ hardware involved.


> This kind of thing has happened before. Once the boot password was not
> working, even though that too was written down. I had to call Dell

you can set multiple passphrases and perhaps add a keyfile or two.
make a backup of your LUKS header and store it separate from the system.
if the system doesnt accept the passphrase again, check if the
luks header got changed.



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