Panel to enter encryption passphrase after reboot is fuzzy or not displayed after installing a f29 workstation on ppc64le. Unable to enter a passphase and to boot. A fuzzy panel could be displayed (not sure is the expected one) but it is not possible to enter the passphrase even if you try to enter it in a blind maner, everything seems stuck even on the console. I tested it in english but it occurs in any languages, see openqa tests: https://openqa.stg.fedoraproject.org/tests/350057 https://openqa.stg.fedoraproject.org/tests/350083 https://openqa.stg.fedoraproject.org/tests/350071 Notes that installing a server iso that boot in mode text works fine (we can enter the passphrase normally in text mode). Also a workstation not encrypted boots fine too. repo used to choose fedora workstation: https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/branched/latest-Fedora-29/compose/Everything/ppc64le/os/ At anaconda install, repo is specified in "installation souce" panel and "fedora worksation" is choosen in "software selection" panel.
I wonder if this is Workstation related or it would exist also with encrypted disk in Server or Everything.
Workstation ppc64le is not available, the problem appears when the VM is installed with Everything. With server is ok (no graphics). see "chapter 4" in my description above.
Is this still an issue? What happens when nomodeset is added to the kernel commandline?
Exactly this doesn't still seem to be a problem in Rawhide at least. The English encrypted install tests seem to be working on ppc64le. Can't speak to F29. There is, however, an odd issue that the tests which install in other languages and encrypt the disk all seem to be failing: the decryption prompt appears, they enter the passphrase, then...the boot spinner just spins forever. Not sure what's going on there.
I confirm the behaviour have changed as said Adam, but anyway all tests on other langages passed fine when I add nomodeset to the kernel commandline !!! Thanks Hans
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I think we can close this now, as this specific bug doesn't seem to be an issue any more; we do get the passphrase prompt correctly in the most recent ppc64le tests, e.g. https://openqa.stg.fedoraproject.org/tests/659120# , and we do reach a desktop after. Something still seems to go wrong after that, but it's outside the scope of this bug.