[Bug 1386836] Re: Unable to enter password for encrypted root after upgrade

[Jhonny Oliveira]

I did an installation from scratch, same issue, however, I don't see any
echoed text on the side...

Some other differences which probably are not related to the issue, I
use AMD graphic card with fglrx-updates.

My workaround is to CTRL-ALT-DEL, wait the system to boot again, press
enter to proceed at grub window, and then, blindly enter the password
(just a  purple screen, no prompt or text anywhere)...

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Title:
  Unable to enter password for encrypted root after upgrade

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have recently upgraded from 14.04.1 to 14.10 on my Samsung R560 laptop. Everything works fine except the password splash screen during boot. I'm unable to enter my crypt password into the password box - kayboard works, but the typed text is echoed in plaintext on the side of the boot screen. Please see the image for clarification: http://i.imgur.com/x3cPMbk.jpg. In order to boot the system, I have to boot through recovery mode. I'm using nVidia binary drivers and I have modified my /etc/default/grub with GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x800 in order to see graphical splash screen. I've had no problems with that configuration on Trusty.
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  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-27 (31 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. R560
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: plymouth 0.9.0-0ubuntu7
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-23-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro recovery nomodeset
  ProcFB:

  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-23-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro recovery nomodeset
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Tags:  utopic
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 12/09/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
  dmi.bios.version: 09LA.7027.20081209.JJC
  dmi.board.name: R560
  dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr09LA.7027.20081209.JJC:bd12/09/2008:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnR560:pvrNotApplicable:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnR560:rvrNotApplicable:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: R560
  dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
  dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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