Hi all, I'm seeing a similar error to what is described in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470740 Essentially, I have to enter my password 3 times on boot before my encrypted partitions unlock and I can boot, using graphical entry. If I hit Esc and enter at the text console, it seems to work on the first attempt (most of the time). I have 3 encrypted partitions (/, /home, swap), but these don't seem to correspond to the number of times I have to enter. In other words, the behavior does not appear to be unlocking one partition at a time. After the first entry, it pauses a second, as if I've entered incorrectly (even though I haven't), and then the second entry errors out and resets the input field instantaneously, as if no attempt was made to unlock the drives. Then, the third entry works normally. This is a recent issue for me, as I've had the same setup working across several of the last few Fedora releases. I've only seen this issue after upgrading to F26, and even then, it only appeared after some update (not sure when). Does anybody have any suggestions on how to further troubleshoot this, or have any ideas why this is happening? Perhaps a more recent bug report which matches? Any help would be appreciated, as this is quite annoying.

On 08/28/2017 03:27 PM, Christopher wrote: > One interesting thing I noticed with this: if I hit "Backspace" a few times before > typing the password, it seems to work on the first attempt. For some reason, > something seems to be polluting the input buffer during boot, which makes it behave > as a wrong password on the first attempt. Not sure what that could be. Also, I > still have no idea why it requires two subsequent attempts after that to decrypt, > instead of the expected one. > > This may or may not be your issue.  So, just something to consider. A few years ago I had the same problem not with encrypted partitions but with the login at the GUI prompt (I was using KDM back then)  after boot.  I had to remember to hit backspace a few times otherwise it would tell me the password was wrong.  I have a wireless USB keyboard and it turned out to be the problem with the USB receiver.  Replacing that fixed the issue.

On 08/28/2017 05:16 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/28/2017 03:27 PM, Christopher wrote: >> One interesting thing I noticed with this: if I hit "Backspace" a few times before >> typing the password, it seems to work on the first attempt. For some reason, >> something seems to be polluting the input buffer during boot, which makes it behave >> as a wrong password on the first attempt. Not sure what that could be. Also, I >> still have no idea why it requires two subsequent attempts after that to decrypt, >> instead of the expected one. >> >> > This may or may not be your issue. So, just something to consider. > > A few years ago I had the same problem not with encrypted partitions but with the > login at the GUI prompt (I was using KDM back then) after boot. I had to remember > to hit backspace a few times otherwise it would tell me the password was wrong. I > have a wireless USB keyboard and it turned out to be the problem with the USB > receiver. Replacing that fixed the issue. > > Just a "funny" note here. I had to replace my keyboard due to "cat abuse". Unlike my old keyboard which had a dedicated power switch this one will go to sleep after a time. So, now I have to remember to hit any key if it has been idle for a time. The first key stroke only wakes up the keyboard and does not generate an event.