I was able to solve the problem by booting with an old kernel, editing 
/etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf and replacing
MODULES=most
with
MODULES=dep
and then running sudo update-initramfs -u.
I think the problem was that initramfs was including a module xhci-plat-hcd 
which is buggy and not really required. I was seeing error messages of the type
... xhci_hcd ... HC died; cleaning up
and then couldn't enter my passphrase.
My computer is a MacBookPro 12,1.

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  keyboard doesn't work to enter password with encrypted partitions
  ubuntu 13.10 saucy

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