[Bug 1727816] Re: cannot enter encryption password in GUI

[Steve Langasek]

This is most likely a bug in the kernel.  What video driver is used for
your virtualbox environment?

Is this reproducible with an Ubuntu 17.04 guest?  If not, can you try
installing the 17.04 kernel in your 17.10 guest to see if that fixes the
problem?

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Title:
  cannot enter encryption password in GUI

Status in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am running Ubuntu 17.10 Desktop on a Dell XPS 2720, under which VirtualBox 5.2.0 is running.
  Within VirtualBox I installed a 2nd level 17.10 Desktop and checked off encryption during installation (forcing LVM to be used). The install went flawlessly, then I tried to reboot and it asked for the password (in GUI mode) to access the encrypted disk, but when I typed it no asterisks came up and it never accepted my typing.

  However, when I booted in recovery mode (textually) it asked for the
  password in text, I entered it, Ubuntu accepted it, then I hit resume
  boot up and it booted up into the GUI. This bug seems NOT to be
  present in a bare metal environment only when running under VirtualBox
  (I have not tested other virtualization technologies, just VirtualBox
  5.2.0)

  
  Thanks,

  Stuart

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