[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#591626: Bug#591626: Unable to boot from encrypted Luks volume after upgrade

[Jonas Meurer]

Hey Jiri,

On 04/08/2010 Jiri Kanicky wrote:
> Here is full apt log:

according to your apt log, cryptsetup was not upgraded. instead, other
packages where upgraded, which triggered update-initramfs, and thus
updated the initramfs for linux kernel 2.6.34-1-686.

you wrote the following at the initial bugreport:

On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 08:03:35PM +1000, Jiri Kanicky wrote:
> I am not able to boot from my encrypted LUKS volume everytime after I
> upgrade (apt-get upgrade).
>
> I have to boot from rescue cd and regenerate initrd (update-initramfs)
> to fix the issue as I wrote here:
> http://ganomi.com/wiki/index.php/Rescue_an_encrypted_LUKS_LVM_volume
> 
> It started a month ago.

please give more information:

- which version of cryptsetup and initramfs-tools do you have installed?
  (output of 'dpkg -l cryptsetup initramfs-tools')
- which error message do you get at boot when the boot process fails?
- which linux kernel version do you boot? (output of 'uname -r')
- which initramfs version do you update with manual initramfs
  regeneration inside a chroot? (output of 'update-initramfs -u')

- is the bug reproducible by invoking 'update-initramfs -u' at the
  running system? does this break the boot process again?

in order to find the real bug here, we need more detailed information
from you. so far, you're the only one who reported this problem,
thousands of cryptsetup users didn't discover it while using the same
version as you.

greetings,
 jonas
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