Bug 603744 - Only the english keyboard layout is supported for opening encrypted root partitions
Summary: Only the english keyboard layout is supported for opening encrypted root part...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
: 640913 (view as bug list)
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.3
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: i686 openSUSE 11.3
: P2 - High : Major with 5 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: Final
Assignee: Ludwig Nussel
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Reported: 2010-05-07 13:46 UTC by Tim -
Modified: 2011-03-15 08:33 UTC (History)
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Description Tim - 2010-05-07 13:46:02 UTC 
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According to the OpenFate entry https://features.opensuse.org/305633 root encryption is integrated with lvm since 11.2 but it only works with an English keyboard layout or a very basic password which is the same on both layouts.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Create an encrypted root file system with lvm and use a password which can't be typed the same way on an English keyboard as on a local one.
Actual Results:  
The password can't be entered correctly and in this succession the system not started without knowing the English keyboard layout.

Expected Results:  
The keyboard should be the same as the one selected during installation so typing the password should be no problem.

Basically the local keyboard layout has to be integrated into the initrd during installation.

I can't test it with 11.3 Milestone 6 since it seems to have some installation problems on encrypted root file system.
Comment 1 Tim - 2010-07-01 21:30:54 UTC 
Still an issue in current 11.3 .
Comment 2 Robert Schwemlein 2010-09-22 16:19:54 UTC 
I can confirm this bug for final 11.3
Comment 3 Jeff Mahoney 2010-09-22 20:28:20 UTC 
This isn't a kernel issue. mkinitrd, perhaps. Michal, can you take a look and if it's not just kick it back for screening?
Comment 4 Michal Marek 2011-03-14 21:24:40 UTC 
Custom keyboard layouts in the initrd are not implemented, that's not a bug, but a lack of a feature.
Comment 5 Michal Marek 2011-03-14 21:25:16 UTC 
*** Bug 640913 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Ludwig Nussel 2011-03-15 08:33:01 UTC 
Exactly. The smarty-pants already want to get rid of mkinitrd and switch to something else so I'm not going to waste time here again just to find out that the code gets disabled short before release.