garbled character appears on the screen after inputting the passphrase of the encrypted hard disk during the boot process
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plymouth (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Steve Langasek | ||
| Quantal |
Won't Fix
|
Medium
|
Steve Langasek | ||
Bug Description
build: quantal 20121014
arch: i386
Step to reproduce the issue:
1. install the quantal iso with choosing Simple Chinese as the installation language, and select the option "Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security" and "use lvm with the new ubuntu installation" in the installation type page
2. input a password and select the "overwrite empty disk space " in the "choose a security key" page
3. in "where are you?" page, choose "shanghai" as your city
4. in "who are you?" page, input your user name and password, and select "encrypt my home folder" option
5. after your installation, reboot the system, and then you will be asked to input the passphrase of the disk during the boot process. input the passphrase, and in the next step, you will find that garbled character appears on the screen, refer to the attached picture for detail
| Victor Zhou (victor.zhou) wrote | #1 |
| affects: | ubiquity (Ubuntu) → upstart (Ubuntu) |
| tags: | added: rls-q-incoming |
| summary: |
- garbled character appears on the screen after inputting the password of - the encrypted harddisk during the boot process + garbled character appears on the screen after inputting the passphrase + of the encrypted hard disk during the boot process |
| affects: | upstart (Ubuntu) → plymouth (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
| milestone: | none → quantal-updates |
| tags: | removed: rls-q-incoming |
| Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | High → Medium |
| milestone: | quantal-updates → none |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Steve Langasek (vorlon) |
| milestone: | none → quantal-updates |
| Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu Quantal): | |
| status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
This is a matter of missing font support in the initramfs. We probably need to make the initramfs hook more clever about which fonts it copies into the initramfs based on the language that's configured.