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

[stuartbh]

Steve,

I was able to install Ubuntu 17.04 within a VirtualBox 5.20.0
environment and indeed the bug stands instantiated by that variant of
Ubuntu as well. Moreover, using the same boot into recovery mode, enter
the password in textual mode and effectuating a "resume boot" seems to
work to bring up both 17.04 as well as 17.10 variants of Ubuntu.

The script as follows hereupon was executed on both 17.04 and 17.10,
thereafter the output from 17.04 and 17.10 is provided herein below.

Script:
lspci | grep VGA;
lsmod | grep "kms\|drm";
find /dev -group video;
cat /proc/cmdline;
[[ -d /etc/modprobe.d ]] && find /etc/modprobe.d/;
if stat /etc/modprobe.d/*kms* 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null;
then
	cat /etc/modprobe.d/*kms*;
else
	echo "No kms files in /etc/modprobe.d directory.";
fi;
[[ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ]] && ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf;
[[ $(type -P glxinfo) ]] && glxinfo | grep -Ei "vendor|rendering";
[[ -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log ]] && grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log

17.04 output:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
drm_kms_helper        151552  0
drm                   352256  2 ttm,drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
/dev/fb0
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.10.0-37-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro recovery nomodeset
/etc/modprobe.d/
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-oss.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-firewire.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/intel-microcode-blacklist.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/mlx4.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
No kms files in /etc/modprobe.d directory.
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
    Vendor: VMware, Inc. (0xffffffff)
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
[    27.658] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    27.971] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
[    27.972] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    27.983] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    27.995] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    28.003] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
[    28.003] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    28.003] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    28.003] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    28.007] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    28.023] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    28.026] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[    28.962] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"

17.10 output:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
drm_kms_helper        167936  0
drm                   356352  2 ttm,drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
/dev/fb0
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.13.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro recovery nomodeset
/etc/modprobe.d/
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rare-network.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/mlx4.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-firewire.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/intel-microcode-blacklist.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-modem.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-oss.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf
No kms files in /etc/modprobe.d directory.
[    34.509] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    34.571] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
[    34.575] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    34.585] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    34.593] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    34.606] (II) LoadModule: "vboxvideo"
[    34.606] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    34.606] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    34.606] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    34.608] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    34.610] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    34.612] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[    35.675] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"

Thank you for your assistance.

Stuart

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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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