[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#607307: cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab ...

Jeffrey Sheinberg jeff at bsrd.net
Thu Dec 16 21:55:08 UTC 2010


Package: cryptsetup
Version: 2:1.1.3-4
Severity: normal

Hi,

Upon initial install of cryptsetup, I get these errors,

    cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of /dev/sda6
    cryptsetup: WARNING: could not determine root device from /etc/fstab
    cryptsetup: WARNING: failed to detect canonical device of /dev/sda5

Note that sda6 is "/", and sda5 is 1st swap partition, while sdb5 is 2nd
swap partition but no error message about it.

Note that every non-commented entry in my fstab is preceeded by a blank,
a long time ago mount used to barf on this, but I reported it as a bug,
and mount was fixed in this respect.

Thanks,

Jeffrey Sheinberg


-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/sda6 ro -b SUSHELL=/root/-sh

-- /etc/crypttab
# <target name>	<source device>		<key file>	<options>

-- /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# These files must all be kept in sync,
#
#	/etc/fstab -  devices and mount points.
#	/etc/local/defs - devices and mount points.
#	/etc/mtools.conf - mtools devices.
#	/etc/smartd.conf - smart devices.
#	~jsroot/find_locl/common.in - devices not yet in /etc/local/defs.
#	~jsroot/grub/Makefile - devices not yet in /etc/local/defs.
#	~jeff/**/dls-include.mk - devices not yet in /etc/local/defs.
#	$cfe - creation & maintenance of mount points.
#
#---------  -----------	------- ------------------------------------------- - -
#									    D F
# Block	    Fs								    u s
# Special   Mount	Vfs	Mount					    m c
# Device    Point	Type	Options					    p k
#---------  -----------	------- ------------------------------------------- - -
  proc	    /proc	proc	nouser					    0 0

  tmpfs	    /dev/shm	tmpfs	nouser					    0 0
# tmpfs	    /dev/shm	tmpfs	nouser,size=16M				    0 0

# User must first run "losetup /dev/loopN filename", then "mount /fs/loopN".
# In order to mount "filename" ro, first "chmod a-w filename" prior to
# running "losetup ...", then "grep -e /fs/loopN /etc/mtab /proc/mounts" in
# order to verify this - mount lies, but the kernel does not.  The most
# restrictive perms between "/dev/loopN" and "filename" are set by the kernel.
 /dev/loop0 /fs/loop0	iso9660	users,rw,noauto				    0 0
 /dev/loop1 /fs/loop1	vfat	users,rw,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto	    0 0
#
 /dev/sr0   /media/sr0	udf,iso9660 users,ro,noauto			    0 0
#
 /dev/disk/by-uuid/49D2-4363								    /media/ufd1	vfat	users,iocharset=iso8859-1,noatime,noauto    0 0
 /dev/disk/by-uuid/49D0-FE15								    /media/ufd2	vfat	users,iocharset=iso8859-1,noatime,noauto    0 0
#
 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_058F63626420-0:0-part1				    /media/sd-mmc vfat	users,iocharset=iso8859-1,noatime,noauto    0 0
 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Generic-_Compact_Flash_058F63626420-0:1-part1			    /media/cf-md  vfat	users,iocharset=iso8859-1,noatime,noauto    0 0
 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Generic-_SM_xD_Picture_058F63626420-0:2-part1			    /media/sm-xd  vfat	users,iocharset=iso8859-1,noatime,noauto    0 0
 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Generic-_MS_MS-Pro_058F63626420-0:3-part1				    /media/ms-pro vfat	users,iocharset=iso8859-1,noatime,noauto    0 0
#

# aa="/swapfile"; mb=128; pri=0; { shred -n 1 -s "${mb}"M -v "${aa}"  ||  dd if="/dev/zero" of="${aa}" bs=1024x1024 count="${mb}" ; }  &&  chmod 0600 "${aa}"  &&  mkswap "${aa}"  &&  swapon -v -p "${pri}" "${aa}"
#/swapfile  128-MB	Swap	Linux swapfile on "/"
#/swapfile  none	swap	sw,pri=0				    0 0

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
l1.bsrd.net:/ /fs/nfs-l1 nfs4	rw,sec=sys,soft,intr,timeo=4,async,noauto   0 0

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# For FAT filesystems, iocharset=iso8859-1 seems to work as well as cp437.
#/dev/sda1  2048-MB	FAT32	Type b - FAT32
 /dev/sda1  /fs/p/sda1	vfat	users,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto	    0 2

#/dev/sda2  65539-MB	Win-7	Type 7 - Windows-7 C:			    0 0
 /dev/sda2  /fs/p/sda2	ntfs	ro,utf8,posix=1,noauto			    0 0

#/dev/sda3  98308-MB	Win-7	Type 7 - Windows-7 ?:			    0 0
 /dev/sda3  /fs/p/sda3	ntfs	ro,utf8,posix=1,noauto			    0 0

#/dev/sda4  334209-MB   Logical Type f - W95 Extended LBA		    0 0
#/dev/sda4  /fs/p/sda4  ignore  unused                                      0 0

#/dev/sda5  8200-MB	Swap	Type 82 - Linux swap
 /dev/sda5  none	swap	sw,pri=1				    0 0

#/dev/sda6  10240-MB	Linux	Production - "/" filesystem
#/dev/sda6  /fs/p/sda6	ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2
 /dev/sda6  /		ext3	bsdgroups,usrjquota=aquota.user,jqfmt=vfsv0 0 1

#/dev/sda7  10240-MB	Linux	Production - "/fs/dc" filesystem
#/dev/sda7  /fs/p/sda7	ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2
 /dev/sda7  /fs/dc	ext3	bsdgroups,usrjquota=aquota.user,jqfmt=vfsv0 0 2

#/dev/sda8  10240-MB	Linux	Production - "/fs/dh" filesystem
#/dev/sda8  /fs/p/sda8	ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2
 /dev/sda8  /fs/dh	ext3	bsdgroups,usrjquota=aquota.user,jqfmt=vfsv0 0 2

#/dev/sda9  10240-MB	Linux	Backup #2 - "/" filesystem
#/dev/sda9  /		ext3	bsdgroups,noquota			    0 1
 /dev/sda9  /fs/p/sda9	ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2

#/dev/sda10 10240-MB	Linux	Testing - Debian Installer
 /dev/sda10 /fs/p/sda10 ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2

#/dev/sda11 10240-MB	Linux	Testing - Ubuntu
 /dev/sda11 /fs/p/sda11	ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2

#/dev/sda12 264566-MB	Plan9   Type 39 - Unused
 /dev/sda12 none	ignore	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 0

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#/dev/sdb1  2048-MB	FAT32	Type b - FAT32
 /dev/sdb1  /fs/p/sdb1	vfat	users,iocharset=iso8859-1,noauto	    0 2

#/dev/sdb2  65536-MB	Win-7	Type 7 - Windows-7 D:			    0 0
 /dev/sdb2  /fs/p/sdb2	ntfs	ro,utf8,posix=1,noauto			    0 0

#/dev/sdb3  98308-MB	Win-7	Type 7 - Windows-7 ?:			    0 0
 /dev/sdb3  /fs/p/sdb3	ntfs	ro,utf8,posix=1,noauto			    0 0

#/dev/sdb4  334209-MB    Logical Type f - W95-Extended LBA		    0 0
#/dev/sdb4  /fs/p/sdb4  ignore  unused                                      0 0

#/dev/sdb5  8200-MB	Swap	Type 82 - Linux swap
 /dev/sdb5  none	swap	sw,pri=2				    0 0

#/dev/sdb6  10240-MB	Linux	Backup #1 - "/" filesystem
#/dev/sdb6  /		ext3	bsdgroups,noquota			    0 1
 /dev/sdb6  /fs/p/sdb6	ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto	   	    0 2

#/dev/sdb7  10240-MB	Linux	Backup #1 - "/fs/dc" filesystem
 /dev/sdb7  /fs/p/sdb7	ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2

#/dev/sdb8  10240-MB	Linux	Backup #1 - "/fs/dh" filesystem
 /dev/sdb8  /fs/p/sdb8	ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2

#/dev/sdb9  10240-MB	Linux	Backup #3 - "/" filesystem
#/dev/sdb9  /		ext3	bsdgroups,noquota			    0 1
 /dev/sdb9  /fs/p/sdb9	ext3	bsdgroups,noauto			    0 2

#/dev/sdb10 10240-MB	Linux	Testing - Debian Installer
 /dev/sdb10 /fs/p/sdb10 ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2

#/dev/sdb11 10240-MB	Linux	Testing - Ubuntu
 /dev/sdb11 /fs/p/sdb11 ext3	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 2

#/dev/sdb12 10240-MB	Plan9	Type 39 - Unused
 /dev/sdb12 none	ignore	bsdgroups,noquota,noauto		    0 0

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/fstab - end of file.

-- lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipt_MASQUERADE          1554  1 
iptable_nat             4299  1 
nf_nat                 13260  2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4       9753  12 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4          1139  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
xt_state                1303  9 
ipt_REJECT              1953  2 
ipt_LOG                 4486  7 
xt_limit                1782  7 
xt_tcpudp               2287  2 
iptable_filter          2258  1 
iptable_mangle          2817  0 
ip_tables              13675  3 iptable_nat,iptable_filter,iptable_mangle
x_tables               12685  8 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,xt_state,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
nf_conntrack_ftp        5473  0 
nf_conntrack           46423  6 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state,nf_conntrack_ftp
powernow_k8            10978  1 
cpufreq_userspace       1992  0 
cpufreq_powersave        902  0 
cpufreq_conservative     5162  2 
cpufreq_stats           2659  0 
battery                 4998  0 
nfsd                  253606  13 
exportfs                3138  1 nfsd
nfs                   240202  0 
lockd                  57331  2 nfsd,nfs
fscache                29882  1 nfs
nfs_acl                 2031  2 nfsd,nfs
auth_rpcgss            33476  2 nfsd,nfs
sunrpc                160453  12 nfsd,nfs,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss
quota_v2                2637  3 
quota_tree              6051  1 quota_v2
fuse                   50113  1 
loop                   11639  0 
snd_hda_codec_atihdmi     2251  1 
snd_hda_codec_via      47471  1 
snd_hda_intel          20003  0 
snd_hda_codec          53892  3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq                41297  0 
radeon                573292  2 
snd_seq_device          4493  1 snd_seq
ttm                    40034  1 radeon
snd_hwdep               5220  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                60151  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
drm_kms_helper         20017  1 radeon
snd_timer              15438  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
drm                   141991  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd                    45934  8 snd_hda_codec_via,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
i2c_algo_bit            4225  1 radeon
i2c_piix4               8328  0 
soundcore               4566  1 snd
edac_core              29197  0 
button                  4650  0 
processor              29839  1 powernow_k8
i2c_core               15344  5 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_piix4
dcdbas                  5048  0 
snd_page_alloc          6233  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw               3752  0 
edac_mce_amd            6449  0 
shpchp                 26232  0 
pci_hotplug            21203  1 shpchp
psmouse                49777  0 
pcspkr                  1699  0 
evdev                   7352  8 
ext3                  106406  3 
jbd                    36893  1 ext3
mbcache                 5050  1 ext3
usbhid                 33292  0 
hid                    63097  1 usbhid
sg                     18648  0 
sr_mod                 12250  0 
sd_mod                 29665  7 
cdrom                  28631  1 sr_mod
crc_t10dif              1276  1 sd_mod
usb_storage            39433  0 
pata_atiixp             3489  0 
ahci                   32326  5 
ata_generic             3015  0 
8139cp                 15973  0 
ehci_hcd               31199  0 
ohci_hcd               19212  0 
8139too                17997  0 
libata                133104  3 pata_atiixp,ahci,ata_generic
thermal                11610  0 
thermal_sys            11942  2 processor,thermal
r8169                  28845  0 
mii                     3210  3 8139cp,8139too,r8169
scsi_mod              121797  5 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,usb_storage,libata
usbcore               121858  5 usbhid,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
nls_base                6377  1 usbcore


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-bpo.5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cryptsetup depends on:
ii  dmsetup                2:1.02.48-4       The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-6+squeeze1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1     2:1.02.48-4       The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  libpopt0               1.16-1            lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libuuid1               2.17.2-3.3        Universally Unique ID library

cryptsetup recommends no packages.

Versions of packages cryptsetup suggests:
ii  busybox                   1:1.10.2-2     Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii  dosfstools                3.0.1-1        utilities for making and checking 
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-in 0.94.4~bpo50+1 tools for generating an initramfs
ii  udev                      163-2          /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

-- no debconf information





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