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  Debian boot and LUKS G <gpdsb@mailbox.org> - 2017-12-04 17:20 +0100
    Re: Debian boot and LUKS rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-12-04 18:20 +0100
      Re: Debian boot and LUKS Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-12-04 21:30 +0100
    Re: Debian boot and LUKS Menelaos Maglis <mmaglis@metacom.gr> - 2017-12-04 19:00 +0100
      Re: Debian boot and LUKS Menelaos Maglis <mmaglis@metacom.gr> - 2017-12-04 19:10 +0100
      Re: Debian boot and LUKS G <gpdsb@mailbox.org> - 2017-12-04 19:50 +0100
        Re: Debian boot and LUKS G <gpdsb@mailbox.org> - 2017-12-04 20:10 +0100

#189554 — Debian boot and LUKS

Hello!
I recently installed debian on my laptop and I encrypted my hard drive
with a password.

I noticed that in some distros like Mint, Fedora etc when you boot you
have a graphical interface where you put your LUKS password and then you
jump to the Desktop without showing the various processes that start.
On the other hand on debian i put my password and i see the various
processes starting up until i reach my desktop.

I would like to know which packages i should install or configure in
order to have a similar result. (Show a more pleasant interface when i
enter the LUKS password and hide the processes while starting)

Thanks in advance for your help!

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#189555

This is somewhat OT, but I just thought I'd mention:

I keep my computer up (almost) all the time, but, for security, I mount (and 
then umount) my encrypted disk partitions only when needed.

(To make it easier for myself, I wrote a few  (primitive) (bash) scripts to 
help.  Of course, the passwords are not in the  scripts, but the script / LUKs 
prompts me for the passwords when required.)


On Monday, December 04, 2017 11:19:07 AM G wrote:
> Hello!
> I recently installed debian on my laptop and I encrypted my hard drive
> with a password.
> 
> I noticed that in some distros like Mint, Fedora etc when you boot you
> have a graphical interface where you put your LUKS password and then you
> jump to the Desktop without showing the various processes that start.
> On the other hand on debian i put my password and i see the various
> processes starting up until i reach my desktop.
> 
> I would like to know which packages i should install or configure in
> order to have a similar result. (Show a more pleasant interface when i
> enter the LUKS password and hide the processes while starting)
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!

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#189562

On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 12:19:07PM -0500, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>This is somewhat OT, but I just thought I'd mention:
>
>I keep my computer up (almost) all the time, but, for security, I mount (and
>then umount) my encrypted disk partitions only when needed.
>
>(To make it easier for myself, I wrote a few  (primitive) (bash) scripts to
>help.  Of course, the passwords are not in the  scripts, but the script / LUKs
>prompts me for the passwords when required.)

If you do not encrypt everything, you must be prepared to carefully
partition what data goes where and hope that neither you nor the
software you run make a mistake. For most people, it's safer to just
encrypt everything.

There is some good support for remote unlocking in the initramfs stage
now which makes this a little easier: install dropbear and configure
authorized_keys etc. in /etc/initramfs-tools, then rebuild the
initramfs. There are still some improvements that could be made here.
(I have to check my own page describing my NAS setup whenever I reboot
to remember which fifo to write the passphrase to:
https://jmtd.net/hardware/phobos/#index6h3)

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#189556

G <gpdsb@mailbox.org> writes:

> Hello!
> I recently installed debian on my laptop and I encrypted my hard drive
> with a password.
>
> I noticed that in some distros like Mint, Fedora etc when you boot you
> have a graphical interface where you put your LUKS password and then you
> jump to the Desktop without showing the various processes that start.
> On the other hand on debian i put my password and i see the various
> processes starting up until i reach my desktop.
>
> I would like to know which packages i should install or configure in
> order to have a similar result. (Show a more pleasant interface when i
> enter the LUKS password and hide the processes while starting)
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!

The packages you need are plymouth and plymouth-themes.
Follow instructions on this wiki page:

https://wiki.debian.org/plymouth

Regards,
Menelaos

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#189557

Menelaos Maglis <mmaglis@metacom.gr> writes:

> The packages you need are plymouth and plymouth-themes.
> Follow instructions on this wiki page:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/plymouth

For theme details take a look under this wiki page:

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes

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#189559

thanks for your reply.
I tried plymouth with various themes following the instructions on
debian.org but it doesnt work.
I get i prompt for the password on text mode.


On 12/04/2017 07:54 PM, Menelaos Maglis wrote:
> G <gpdsb@mailbox.org> writes:
> 
>> Hello!
>> I recently installed debian on my laptop and I encrypted my hard drive
>> with a password.
>>
>> I noticed that in some distros like Mint, Fedora etc when you boot you
>> have a graphical interface where you put your LUKS password and then you
>> jump to the Desktop without showing the various processes that start.
>> On the other hand on debian i put my password and i see the various
>> processes starting up until i reach my desktop.
>>
>> I would like to know which packages i should install or configure in
>> order to have a similar result. (Show a more pleasant interface when i
>> enter the LUKS password and hide the processes while starting)
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
> 
> The packages you need are plymouth and plymouth-themes.
> Follow instructions on this wiki page:
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/plymouth
> 
> Regards,
> Menelaos
> 

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#189561

Found the problem it was a mistake on grub2 configuration.
It works thanks!!!

On 12/04/2017 08:39 PM, G wrote:
> thanks for your reply.
> I tried plymouth with various themes following the instructions on
> debian.org but it doesnt work.
> I get i prompt for the password on text mode.
> 
> 
> On 12/04/2017 07:54 PM, Menelaos Maglis wrote:
>> G <gpdsb@mailbox.org> writes:
>>
>>> Hello!
>>> I recently installed debian on my laptop and I encrypted my hard drive
>>> with a password.
>>>
>>> I noticed that in some distros like Mint, Fedora etc when you boot you
>>> have a graphical interface where you put your LUKS password and then you
>>> jump to the Desktop without showing the various processes that start.
>>> On the other hand on debian i put my password and i see the various
>>> processes starting up until i reach my desktop.
>>>
>>> I would like to know which packages i should install or configure in
>>> order to have a similar result. (Show a more pleasant interface when i
>>> enter the LUKS password and hide the processes while starting)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>
>> The packages you need are plymouth and plymouth-themes.
>> Follow instructions on this wiki page:
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/plymouth
>>
>> Regards,
>> Menelaos
>>
> 

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