Hellow,
first of all im a Newbie so if there is a simple stupid mistake, im sorry.
There is the problem: i can´t typ in my passwort, or any letters at all. Am i stupid, or is it a bug? and how do i fix it?
Im only facing this problem when it asks for my passwort btw, when i press enter i can type in all the letters or commands
I think you’re typing the password but it’s just not showing the typed symbols for security reasons to not leak the password length.
opened 06:10PM - 29 Jan 20 UTC
T: bug
C: installer
P: default
affects-4.1
**Qubes OS version**
I've tried Qubes OS R4.1 only (built it on 26 Jan 2020).
…
**Affected component(s) or functionality**
qubes-anaconda
**Brief summary**
Anaconda rescue isn't working because the functionality to find the Linux partition has been recently removed in this patch - [0024-Do-not-mount-pre-existing-partitions-and-do-not-dete.patch](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-anaconda/blob/c5bc43c/0024-Do-not-mount-pre-existing-partitions-and-do-not-dete.patch)
Whilst it is the right thing to do from the security point of view as [Marek mentioned](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-anaconda/pull/7#issuecomment-579855024):
> anaconda installer mounts every single partition it finds on the disk, and analyze various files found there (/etc/os-release, /etc/fstab etc). Something that can easily end up badly. Imagine you're reinstalling your system over previous compromised one - the amount of parsing of pre-existing disk content here makes it quite likely that it would be possible to plant files that would re-compromise qubes installer...
it should not impact the anaconda rescue functionality.
**To Reproduce**
1. Install Qubes OS (probably version 4.1, not sure if 4.0 is affected)
2. Boot from the installation media again and select Rescue mode
3. choose ``1. Continue`` when anaconda rescue meets you
**Expected behavior**
anaconda rescue should find my Linux partition and mount it as normally expected.
**Actual behavior**
anaconda rescue meets me with the ``You don't have any Linux partitions`` message.
**Additional context**
People seeing ``You don't have any Linux partitions`` message might be spending hours trying to figure what's going on.
The requirements for the future patches should include adding some meaningful message when the upstream code gets chopped off. Something like this message would suffice:
``[Qubes OS] The functionality <name it> has been removed because of security reasons: X, Y, Z...``
**A quick & dirty workaround for anyone stumbled on this**
A really quick & dirty ad-hoc workaround would be to rename all ``find_existing_installations`` to ``_find_existing_installations`` in the ``/usr/lib*/python*/site-packages/pyanaconda/rescue.py`` file and then re-run anaconda rescue: ``anaconda --rescue --lang us``
**Solutions you've tried**
Removing [0024-Do-not-mount-pre-existing-partitions-and-do-not-dete.patch](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-anaconda/blob/c5bc43c/0024-Do-not-mount-pre-existing-partitions-and-do-not-dete.patch) fixes the issue.
**Related, [non-duplicate](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/reporting-bugs/#new-issues-should-not-be-duplicates-of-existing-issues) issues**
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2835
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-anaconda/pull/7#issuecomment-579855024