#1011205 plymouth: usability issue: failing cryptsetup 6 times drops to initramfs

Package:
plymouth
Source:
plymouth
Description:
boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer
Submitter:
Axel Kittenberger
Date:
2022-05-18 09:33:04 UTC
Severity:
minor
#1011205#5
Date:
2022-05-18 09:21:30 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

I just had a user complaining they entered the crypt password wrongly and then
said "maximum tries exceeded" and then "notebook hanged up" (I suppose due to
capslock). I thought there is no maximumt tries and in plain text boot there
isn't, but with plymouth after 6 tries it indeed enters by itself initramfs,
stumping a non-tech user (I guess that was their "it hanged up")

I suggest to keep asking for the root crypt password like nosplash boot does.
(and have the option to drop to initramfs via some expert-keycombo, button or
whatever)

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Enter the root crypt password wrongly 6 times.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Drops to initramfs.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

Keep asking for the crypt password. Drop to initramfs by some means only for
people knowing what they are doing (some keycombo)

PS: To add insult to injury, "reboot" doesn't work on initramfs, but "reboot
-f" does (nothing any enduser should be confronted with)

Kind regards, Axel

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