Comment 32 for bug 62751

I'm using loop-aes for encryption, and experiencing similar issues when /etc/init.d/mountall.sh attempts to mount the encrypted volumes listed in /etc/fstab with loop= and encryption= options.

Adding "console owner" to /etc/event.d/rcS fixed that, but I also found that the password was echoed to the screen unless I removed "splash" from the boot command line.

Instead, I added the following to do_start() in /etc/init.d/mountall.sh, based on the suggestions above:

        local stdin=`readlink /proc/self/fd/0`
        if [ "${stdin#/dev/null}" != "$stdin" ]; then
                exec /usr/bin/openvt -s -w /etc/init.d/mountall.sh "$@"
        fi

This seems to work correctly with or without "splash". Note that I found "openvt -s -w" to work better than "openvt -w -f -c `fgconsole`" in that regard -- ie switching to a new console rather than using the current one (which splash is potentially interfering with).

The ON_VT part doesn't seem to be necessary, since once we're running on a VT, stdin will be /dev/tty<something> and the "if" block will be skipped anyway.

Another point to note is that /usr might not be mounted yet when these scripts run, if it's not part of the root fs -- in which case openvt won't be available.