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[Steve McGrath <smcgrath23@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Package changed: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu) => ubuntu

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passphrase for encrypted home partition not being read
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484272
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Status in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
This bug is similiar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/430496

Release: Ubuntu 9.10

PROBLEM

My /home partition is encrypted and has been since at least Jaunty and perhaps Intrepid or Hardy.

When Karmic starts up and I am prompted for the passphrase, I type it in and frequently when I hit <CR> the prompt just sits there as if it hasn't seen me hit it.   If I hit CR again, it will usually see it and feed a newline, and complain that the  key is incorrect, and prompt me again. Sometimes it will see the passphrase and CR correctly, and mount the partition, othertimes I enter it three times after which the mount fails and I end up having to reboot.

I *think* that every time it fails i have had to hit <CR> at least twice. I don't think that it has ever acknowledged the CR but lost some of the passphrase.

It looks like something is eating the keystrokes!  I did read in one similar bug report that gdm may be running and interfering with this process.

My crypttab is:

  lap1:[~] % cat /etc/crypttab
  # <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
  crypt-home /dev/sda3 none luks

fstab:

  dev/mapper/crypt-home /home ext3 defaults,relatime 0 2

regards
Pete