After some tag-team with Simon, we discovered that he'd probably
installed in expert mode from d-i and intentionally selected a
MODULES=dep setup, which was why he wasn't getting hid modules in his
initrd. After we backed that out, we tested the new initramfs-tools on
both precise and quantal kernels and his cryptsetup password prompts
were accessible and working for him.
** Also affects: base-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
This ended up being two bugs, one is for missing modules in the
initramfs-tools static list (which is true for all arches), and one is
- that ARM specifically seems to be getting a wonky initrd. The precise
- SRU is targetting only the former issue, so lts-quantal kernels (which
- don't build on ARM) can have USB keyboards still functional in their
- initrds.
+ that ARM specifically get a cut-down initrd due to the base-installer
+ default of setting MODULES=dep only on ARM. The initramfs-tools SRU
+ only addresses the former.
[IMPACT]
Users with certain USB keyboards and no USB->PS/2 BIOS emulation will no
longer have keyboard control in their initrds after upgrading to an lts-quantal
kernel.
[TEST CASE]
If you have the affected hardware, re-run update-initramfs -u both with and
without the updated initramfs-tools (with a quantal kernel installed on
precise), reboot with "break=bottom" on the command line, and see if you have a
keyboard.
If you don't have the affected hardware, do the above initrd generation,
and compare results, the new one should include hid-logitech-dj and hid-
generic.
[Regression Potential]
Next to none. initrds may get a tiny bit larger, but not by any meaningful
amount.
[Original description]
Installing quantal server on panda from the 20121013 image, a normal install
with guided partitioning works fine, and keyboard works during and post-install.
However, if I select lvm+encrypted partitions from the partitioning
screen, after rebooting the keyboard does not work for entering the
password to unlock the disk, which prevents booting the system.
** Tags removed: verification-needed
** Tags added: verification-done
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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keyboard doesn't work to enter password with panda and encrypted
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