From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 13 13:30:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E651065673 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 231B88FC1A for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5DDUHb8075606 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:17 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q5DDUGHR075603; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:16 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:16 GMT Message-Id: <201206131330.q5DDUGHR075603@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org From: Thomas Steen Rasmussen Cc: Subject: Re: kern/157863: [geli] kbdmux prevents geli passwords from being entered properly on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Thomas Steen Rasmussen List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:17 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/157863; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Thomas Steen Rasmussen To: Fabian Keil Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rsimmons0@gmail.com, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/157863: [geli] kbdmux prevents geli passwords from being entered properly on boot Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:20:26 +0200 On 13-06-2012 15:01, Fabian Keil wrote: > Thomas Steen Rasmussen wrote: > >> Just to let everyone know that this is still an issue. >> >> I am trying to install FreeBSD 9.0 amd64 on a Lenovo X121e and I >> can't get it to accept the geli passphrase during boot. I've confirmed >> using kern.geom.eli.visible_passphrase=1 that the passphrase is >> correct, and the same passphrase is accepted when the system is >> booted up. >> >> I've tried disabling kbdmux in /boot/device.hints like the PR said, >> but that didn't help. I also tried disabling atkbd and atkbdc without >> any luck, infact I couldn't type anything at all when disabling those. > > If disabling kbdmux doesn't help, it sounds like a different issue to me. You are right, shame on me for polluting an innocent PR with unrelated stuff. More info below. > >> Any hints or suggestions to what I might try ? I have another 9-stable >> laptop that mounts a geli volume at boot, no idea why that one works >> and this new one doesn't. > > Are you using the password together with a keyfile? Yes I am. > I've misconfigured the keyfile in loader.conf in the past, > which results in the valid password not being accepted. > > Obviously the setup then magically works later on when the > keyfile is specified correctly on the command line. This (a small typo in keyfile in loader.conf) was the problem, and I need to get my eyes examined :-) geli could be better at explaining the problem though. Thank you Fabian! Just what I needed. Apologies for the noise, Thomas Steen Rasmussen