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scullder

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Registered: 2011-04-27

Posts: 21

[Solved] Bad keymap during boot time

Hello,

I'm using dm-crypt and since the last kernel update, my passphrase for my home directory managed by dmcrypt, is not valid.
This bug occurs only with the kernel I have updated (linux-ck, linux-lts).

I have a french keyboard (azerty) and I have always entered my password using
the French keymap (fr-latin9), however, If I enter my password with a qwerty
keymap, my passphrase is valid.

If I fail at mounting my homedir, I still have exactly the same keymap problem with the root password to enter maintenance mode (after ctrl+D)

My system (rc.conf) is well configured and up-to-date (all pacnew files has been merged).
KEYMAP="fr-latin9"
CONSOLEFONT="lat9w-16"
CONSOLEMAP=
LOCALE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"

First, I've been searching the cause of this in the kernel changelog and I
think it's not coming from there.

The bug occurs with all kernel installed after the update of mkinitcpio to
0.8.5 (even if I downgrade to those who worked before like linux-ck 3.2.13 or
linux-lts 3.0.25)

I think this commit might be the cause of my troubles :
https://projects.archlinux.org/mkinitcp … 76e53dede8

Another track could be a change in the initscripts (2012.03.2-1), but in this
case, the problem should occur with all the kernels and not only the updated
one.

Has something changed in the locale/keymap configuration ?
It's difficult for me to enter a 30 characters passphrase with a wrong keymap

Thanks for your help

Last edited by scullder (2012-04-04 07:55:42)

Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 1,456

Re: [Solved] Bad keymap during boot time

Do you have the "keymap" hook included in your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf?

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scullder

Member

Registered: 2011-04-27

Posts: 21

Re: [Solved] Bad keymap during boot time

Thanks, it works better with the keymap hook