This is the first I heard about the grub command line workaround. I have simply checked each dot to verify that the characters were accepted. If I were unaware that the keypresses were being ignored, it would have been unbootable. Some boot attempts missed enough attempts that if I got two failures to accept the finished passphrase or too many missed dots I would power cycle the machine and it would then usually work better, as the severity varied from boot to boot.
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:21:40 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug 537793] Re: missed passphrase keypress for encrypted HD > > Should the importance of this bug be bumped to High? My rationale for doing > so would be the following two points from the High category on > http://wiki.kubuntu.org/Bugs/Importance : > * Has a severe impact on a small portion of Ubuntu users (estimated) > * Makes a default Ubuntu installation generally unusable for some users > o For example, if the system fails to boot, or X fails to start, on > a certain make and model of computer > > This bug has a severe impact on a small to moderate portion of Ubuntu > users (everybody with an encrypted hard disk, so what I'm guessing is a > large portion of people with laptops or netbooks). It makes the system > nearly unbootable after a fresh install. The user needs to know that > (s)he'll need to boot with recovery mode or manually edit the grub line > the first time around, then edit /etc/default/grub and set the > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT option to "" to work around the issue. > > -- > missed passphrase keypress for encrypted HD > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537793 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 -- [script splash] missed passphrase keypress for encrypted HD https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537793 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
