crypt passphrase prompt not visible when using splash boot option

[Michael Elkins]

I performed a minimal x86_64 network install of Ubuntu 15.04 using the encrypted LVM option.

When I boot the machine, I do not see a prompt to enter the decryption passphrase. Instead I see the usual black screen with a message that systemd 219 is staring up and the boot process hangs. When I type on the keyboard, the characters are echoed back onto the screen.

I discovered that if I remove the "splash" option from the kernel boot command line in grub, the prompt to enter the passphrase does appear. So I have temporarily worked around this problem by removing "splash" from /etc/default/grub and running update-grub.

[John Morris (mrjohnfmorris)]

I'm having a similar, and this bug has a thread at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1359689

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.