http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789655 Thomas Blume <thomas.blume@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assignee|thomas.blume@suse.com |idonmez@suse.com --- Comment #6 from Thomas Blume <thomas.blume@suse.com> --- Reproduced the issue on a fresh installed 13.1 by running: systemd-ask-password --no-tty bla The log shows that the password request is forwarded correctly to plymouth: -->-- Jan 23 15:36:54 linux-vi8k systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Plymouth. -- Subject: Unit systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. Jan 23 15:36:54 linux-vi8k systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Plymouth. -- Subject: Unit systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service has finished starting up. -- --<-- The problem is that plymouth isn't running: -->-- linux-vi8k:~ # systemctl status systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service - Forward Password Requests to Plymouth Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-ask-password-plymouth.service; static) Active: inactive (dead) start condition failed at Fr 2015-01-23 15:36:54 CET; 4min 47s ago ConditionPathExists=/run/plymouth/pid was not met Docs: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents Jan 23 15:36:54 linux-vi8k systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Plymouth. Jan 23 15:36:54 linux-vi8k systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Plymouth. linux-vi8k:~ # linux-vi8k:~ # ll /run/plymouth/ total 0 linux-vi8k:~ # linux-vi8k:~ # ps aux | grep plymouth | sed '/grep/d' linux-vi8k:~ # --<-- Using kde I saw the same behaviour and detected in the logs that plymouth was terminated by kdm: -->-- Jan 23 12:31:46 vm-granita kdm[1774]: plymouth is running Jan 23 12:31:46 vm-granita kdm[1774]: plymouth is active on VT 7, reusing for :0 Jan 23 12:31:46 vm-granita kdm[1774]: plymouth should quit after server startup Jan 23 12:31:47 vm-granita kdm[1774]: Quitting Plymouth with transition Jan 23 12:31:47 vm-granita kdm[1774]: Is Plymouth still running? no --<-- Using gnome, I didn't see a message that plymouth gets stopped. However, obviously it isn't running. Ismail, could you take a look? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.