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Bug#701953: initramfs-tools: Missing modules prevent passphrase entry with usb keyboard



severity 701953 important
forcemerge 701953 700572
thanks

* Ben Caradoc-Davies [Fri Mar 01, 2013 at 02:04:20PM +0800]:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.109
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system

You're using a kernel from experimental with a non-standard setup,
this definitely doesn't qualify for severity 'critical', adjusting.

> I have a usb keyboard attached to a system with an unencrypted /boot and a
> LUKS-encrypted partition (LVM physical volume) containing the other
> filesystems. Today I installed linux-image-3.8-trunk-amd64
> (3.8-1~experimental.1). initramfs-tools created a corresponding initrd, as
> expected. Booting this kernel/initrd in grub2 resulted in a plymouth passphrase
> entry screen, but a usb keyboard that did not work in any port. All keyboard
> lights were off. The system was thus unbootable without a non-usb keyboard
> (hence critical severity). Without a non-usb keyboard or backup grub entry (3.7
> kernel with working initrd), I would have been unable to access my system
> without rescue media.
[...]

This is #700572, I'm trying to release an updated package.

regards,
-mika-

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