I've had the same problem. Took me quite some time to realize why
nothing is working.
I'm using debian bookworm.
dropbear-initramfs:
Installed: 2022.83-1
dropbear-bin:
Installed: 2022.83-1
I had to edit the file /usr/share/initramfs-tools-hooks so it also
copies the dss key:
< for keytype in dss rsa ecdsa ed25519; do
---
> for keytype in rsa ecdsa ed25519; do
then
dropbearkey -t dss -f /etc/dropbear/initramfs/dropbear_dss_host_key
update-initramfs -u
And finally. Dropbear could be started!
The option DROPBEAR_OPTIONS="-E" should be default, so the user gets
some kind of error message if something is not working. Would have saved
me an hour or so...
