Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:16 GMT From: Thomas Steen Rasmussen <thomas@gibfest.dk> To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/157863: [geli] kbdmux prevents geli passwords from being entered properly on boot Message-ID: <201206131330.q5DDUGHR075603@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/157863; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Thomas Steen Rasmussen <thomas@gibfest.dk> To: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> 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 <thomas@gibfest.dk> 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
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