Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1188 mails)

[Bob Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14/01/12 15:12, Bob Williams wrote:
> I've just installed openSUSE 12.1 on my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop,
> alongside an existing 11.4 installation. In other words, each system has
> its own / (root) partition, but they should both mount the same /home
> partition, which is encrypted. 12.1 is on /dev/sda3, 11.4 is on
> /dev/sda6, both formatted with ext4.
>
> 11.4 asks me to enter the password for the encrypted partition halfway
> through the boot process, and is then able to mount it under /home.
>
> 12.1 never asks for the password, until the system is fully loaded and I
> am logged in. Then, during the session, a notifier message pops up
> saying that device id something_or_other requires a password.
>
> The 12.1 grub menu allows me to choose the 11.4 system to boot, but
> selecting this option takes me to the 11.4 grub menu first, from where I
> select the system I want to boot, eg 11.4 desktop, 11.4 failsafe or
> Windows, but it doesn't know about 12.1.
>
> What do I need to change to access my encrypted partition in 12.1 and
> mount it under /home?
>
> BTW, I've checked the 12.1 /etc/fstab and the /dev/mapper entry for the
> encrypted partition has automagically changed the 'noauto' option to
> 'nofail', as suggested in the Release notes.
>
> Bob

I've made the relevant entries in /etc/crypttab and /etc/fstab match in
both the 12.1 system and the 11.4 system.

I can now login to the 12.1 system, and the encrypted partition is now
mounted under /home, BUT I have to guess when to type in the decryption
password as the screen goes blank during the 12.1 boot sequence, between
selecting it from the grub boot menu and the user login prompt appearing.

So, the question now is, how can I make the boot sequence (dmesg output)
visible on the screen, so that I know when it is asking for the password?

Bob

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Bob Williams
System:  Linux 2.6.37.6-0.9-desktop
Distro:  openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.7.4 (4.7.4)
Uptime:  06:00am up 3 days 17:31, 4 users, load average: 0.80, 0.61, 0.60
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