Bug 707321

Summary: Shows a very long luks label on unlock screen
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Michael Monreal <michael.monreal+bugs>
Component: plymouthAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: clancy.kieran+redhat, fedora, rstrode, skr
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Description Michael Monreal 2011-05-24 16:57:42 UTC
Created attachment 500654 [details]
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When prompted for a passphrase during boot, plymouth now shows this:

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Please enter passphrase for disk $DISK_NAME ($LUKS_LABEL)
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(-> screenshot)

The $DISK_NAME is not very useful I think, especially if there is only one HDD. And at least for me, the $LUKS_LABEL does not even fit on screen in hole.

IMHO the extra information compared to F14 just looks bad and should be removed.

Comment 1 Michael Monreal 2011-05-25 15:38:47 UTC
Looks like this only happens with the new "spinner" theme. With the "charge" theme, the label only shows after a failed try (?)

Comment 2 Sebastian Krämer 2011-06-02 19:02:23 UTC
I've seen the long label version together with the charge theme too when early/first attempt fails (or times out!).
No idea where this comes from but IMO disk name and luks label usually aren't really useful information when prompting for the password. It should (and usually does) show the mount point..

Comment 3 Michael Monreal 2011-06-03 10:30:55 UTC
Sebastian is right, the label is also shown with Charge, but only after a failed attempt (or a given timeout?)

I like the idea to show the mount point name. Showing this only after a failed attempt is file, too. But it should be the same for all themes.

Comment 4 Kieran Clancy 2012-01-03 04:03:11 UTC
I'm seeing the full label with charge, before any failed attempts. This is with F16.

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