[SOLVED] [ubuntu] how to input stuff from the boot screen?

rabbit2345 · 09-03-2010, 09:38 PM

Hi,

I just installed truecrypt and I think it's a great encryption tool, so I encrypted everything (except a seperate /boot partition) and added a few lines to read my password in during boot time.

The problem is, I can't type anything during boot time, so the whole system is waiting for my password, but I can't type anything, what I type doesn't even echo to the screen. This is when initrd is trying to mount the root partition, right before that. But initrd will not let me type anything! so the whole system hangs at "enter password".

So I am now kicked out of my own system because of this password prompt. Of course I could remove with a live cd, but I do want to figure out how I could make this work, i'm sure i'm not the first one to think of this.

thank you,
rabbit2345

amani · 09-04-2010, 10:42 AM

add a suitable boot-time kernel option

or just remove splash quiet splash

rabbit2345 · 09-04-2010, 10:10 PM

What do you mean by boot-time kernel option? Like a kernel argument? What would I put?

And I already removed quiet splash from my config thing, and I still can't type anything, heres my grub.cfg:

Code:

##useless stuff like themes and crap
##skip to menu entry

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1a06f2b7-6eec-41ae-b5ad-dd31de449f21
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=1a06f2b7-6eec-41ae-b5ad-dd31de449f21 ro pci=irqroute irqpoll pci=noacpi noacpi acpi=off 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1a06f2b7-6eec-41ae-b5ad-dd31de449f21
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=1a06f2b7-6eec-41ae-b5ad-dd31de449f21 ro single pci=irqroute irqpoll pci=noacpi noacpi acpi=off
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1a06f2b7-6eec-41ae-b5ad-dd31de449f21
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,3)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1a06f2b7-6eec-41ae-b5ad-dd31de449f21
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
	insmod ntfs
	set root='(hd0,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5ea8e8aaa8e881bf
	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

thanks,
rabbit2345

rabbit2345 · 07-11-2011, 09:47 AM

Hi,

I realize this thread is a bit old, but I did find a solution. So I removed the password before, but I found out the boot splash is controlled by plymouth, so it was as simple as plymouth ask-for-password. Just for anyone potentially reading this. Again, sorry for bumping this old thread.

thanks,
rabbit2345