On Thu 23 Jan 2020 at 10:32:44 (-0800), Mike Kupfer wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 23 ian 20, 07:49:01, Mike Kupfer wrote: > > > With the first system, when I enter the passphrase at the "please unlock > > > disk" prompt, there is no visual feedback. With the second system, I > > > get a "*" for each character that I type. > > > > > > Is there some configuration option I can change on the first system so > > > that it behaves like the second one? > > > > The package plymouth might be the difference. > > Yes, that was it. I installed plymouth on the first system and > rebooted, and now it prints a "*" for each character in the passphrase.
It would be interesting to know why installing plymouth made any difference. My system prints asterisks even though plymouth is not installed. Were there any other packages installed along with plymouth? Cheers, David.
