Is there some way I can unlock my btrfs encrypted disk using a graphical unlocking screen.
Basically I was setting up an On-screen keyboard so that I can use my PC in case I do not have a keyboard available. Only problem in setup is that I can’t find anyway to use on-screen keyboard on that screen on which we enter password to decrypt disk.
Help please
This might help:
Not sure thats possible. But there are some workarounds like using a keyfile on a usb or a yubikey which can output a static password on longpress. Or some other hack-around.
Some relevant search results, the first one seems especially promising:
https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/unlock-luks-with-a-touch-screen-on-screen-keyboard/24208
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/a22ehu/fedora_29_luks_passwd_on_boot_with_touchscreen/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/9g5ooa/onscreenkeyboard_for_lukslvm_encryption/
And probably none of them are successful. Fine neither I need this thing so much.
Just my ADHD
Sounds like you gave up before even looking into it…
Apology 🤗 Actually it is a lot of work. Will try after some days
What’s the use case? Is there a reason that the disk is not unlocked at boot/login?
They’re using full disk encryption, which won’t let any part of it be read (even its partition table to boot the OS) until a password is entered. A system using FDE will go straight from POST to a password prompt.
A lot of people like FDE as it makes the encryption completely invisible to the OS and would normally have zero compatibility issues be problem-free.
