linux-kernel - Re: Intermittent inability to type in graphical Plymouth on UEFI VMs since kernel 6.9

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Message-ID: <21c943fc-f82a-4dd2-ab86-3e31ed8ab1ef@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 13:42:30 -0700
From: Adam Williamson <awilliam@...hat.com>
To: Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
 Genes Lists <lists@...ience.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: jforbes@...hat.com, rstrode@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Intermittent inability to type in graphical Plymouth on UEFI VMs
 since kernel 6.9

On 2024-05-29 10:12, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
> On 29.05.24 17:09, Adam Williamson wrote:
>> On 2024-05-29 06:35, Genes Lists wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2024-05-29 at 15:01 +0200, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten
>>> Leemhuis) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       cpu i9-12900K  / Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics]
>>>
>>>     Sorry, this should be:  13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1360P
>>>>
>>>> Does this happen every boot or only sometimes? Could you maybe upload
>>>> the full dmesg from a boot where things worked and one where only the
>>>
>>> For me it is every boot - the first few key strokes are accepted but no
>>> asterisks are displayed - and it works fine even though fewer asterisks
>>> are displayed than characters typed.
>>
>> That sounds different from my case.
> 
> Hmm, bummer. That might have made things a lot easier...

Well, it turns out I can reproduce this fairly easily in a VM on my 
regular laptop, which helps a bit. I've attached some logs to the 
downstream bug at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274770 , 
and Ray is taking a look at it ATM. More eyes appreciated.
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