** Description changed:

- The new hires usplash causes some trouble with cryptsetup:
  
- Cryptsetup now uses usplash to ask the passphrase. If you switch to
- console 1, and then switch back to console 8, you'll see that your
- password was echoed in the console, in plain text.
+ /etc/init.d/cryptdisks from the cryptsetup pacakge uses usplash to ask
+ the passphrase. If you switch to console 1, and then switch back to
+ console 8, you'll see that your password was echoed in the console, in
+ plain text.
  
  Steps to reproduce :
  1. Reboot your computer
  2. When asked by usplash, type your password, but don't press "enter" to 
validate your password.
  3. Switch to tty 1 with CTRL + ALT + F1
  4. Switch back to the usplash tty with CTRL + ALT + F8

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usplash prevents passwords from being not echoed on the console
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/55159
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