Odd-I've tested this again and again on my own system. Reopen cryptdisks.functions from your machine in a text editor and make sure it is truly overwritten-a suprise there would be the first thing I would suspect.

  If you are NOT able to unlock the encrypted partition, but DO see you text echoed on the console, you have a different problem. In my early experiments, I sometimes had trouble in Hardy with usplash corrupting the console and got the result you describe-but with characters shown not being the ones typed. Never saw this again with later versions of my own code for unknown reasons-and never saw it once in Jaunty.

  BTW, it's the hardy version of Usplash I'm using for compatability with a customized splash screen, and I'm not getting either problem.

 First, check your cryptdisks.functions. If the local changes aren't there, it didn't copy. 
I've sometimes seen issues in Jaunty with renamed backup files being called as though they had not been renamed-seen it with xorg.conf backup files corrupting VESA displays. Try putting the text "BAK" before and after the backup file to see if this is happening.

Askpass should NOT be called so its bugs should not be an issue. You could rename askpass or move it, but then would be locked out if you have the 1.0.6 version of cryptdisks.functions.

In cryptsetup 2:1.0.5 , askpass and the fifo are not used and not present in /lib/cryptsetup at all.   

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> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:00:49 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 55159] Re: usplash prevents passwords from being not echoed on	the console
> 
> Luke : Thanks for your great work. Unfortunately I get a different
> result here. I overwrited my /lib/cryptsetup/cryptdisks.functions file
> by the one provided in your comment #30 and I'm still able to see my
> passphrase echoed in plain text on console if I switch to console before
> finishing typing my passphrase using the initial steps in the bug
> description.
> 
> I tested this with a luks partition which is mounted in "/media" (not a
> root partition) and therefore which is unlocked by cryptsetup during
> init.d and not initramfs.
> 
> Can you see something that could be missing in your current fix so it
> can apply to the configuration I described?
> 
> -- 
> usplash prevents passwords from being not echoed on the console
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/55159
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