08-10-2023, 12:32 PM
I installed a Lenovo tablet (an x86 model) with a vanilla Debian, and one of the problems is that at boot, when prompted for the password that decrypts the disk, there is no virtual keyboard that spawns, which means that the tablet is not usable if one hasn't a USB keyboard nearby during boot.
It's quite logical that the minimum software loaded to decrypt LUKS doesn't have a virtual keyboard in it, but that made me think : how does Pinephone manage it ? I have an encrypted Pinephone, and (luckily for me) the virtual keyboard spawns when I boot, so that I can decrypt the partition which has the OS.
Not that I'd be able to port this solution to a Debian tablet, but still it made me curious...
It's quite logical that the minimum software loaded to decrypt LUKS doesn't have a virtual keyboard in it, but that made me think : how does Pinephone manage it ? I have an encrypted Pinephone, and (luckily for me) the virtual keyboard spawns when I boot, so that I can decrypt the partition which has the OS.
Not that I'd be able to port this solution to a Debian tablet, but still it made me curious...