Disk encryption prompt shows in a Terminal

[deeplow]

Continuing the discussion from 4.2 is AWESOME:

@oxpoz

Anyone else having the missing GUI for disk password? But it does not make a difference in the end as far as it works ok.

[DVM]

@oxpoz

Anyone else having the missing GUI for disk password?

Can you elaborate on that?

[ddevz]

He might be referring to the phenomenon where sometimes qubes boots up to a GUI that asks you for the disk password, and sometimes qubes boots up with text mode asking you for the disk password. I saw this in 4.1

[fsflover]

@ddevz

sometimes qubes boots up to a GUI that asks you for the disk password, and sometimes qubes boots up with text mode

For me, Esc always allows to switch between these two interfaces.

[balko]

Maybe it is because user pressed Home keyboard button or some other that exists GUI prompt? I have never had it to be happening by its own.

[ddevz]

It has happened to me, and I’m pretty confident that I didn’t hit any keys during the start sequence, but it’s on the same system that has the “sys-usb does not start if you wait for longer then 30 seconds before typing your password in at the disk decryption prompt” issue which could be related. I have suspicions that the “30 seconds” issue is related to the graphics card.

[oxpoz]

I tried ESC but it only changes the background. There is no input field but the same line from the CLI. As I mentioned, it’s not really an issue as long as it works. It changed when I installed 4.2 as there was the GUI input for the disk password before.