[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#586704: Bug#586704: cryptsetup: unbootable root on luks encrypted LVM volume - stops after accepting pass phrase

[Jonas Meurer]

Hello Bjørn,

On 21/06/2010 Bjørn Mork wrote:
> I have a pretty standard installation with a small /boot, a large encrypted partition holding 
> a LVM volume used for root and swap.  This was initially created by the lenny installer.
> 
> But the initramfs generated after upgrading to 2:1.1.2-1 is unable to boot my system.  It 
> prompts for a pass phrase as usual, but after entering this nothing more happens.  No 
> output except echoes of whatever I enter on the keyboard.  Yes, it seems that echo is 
> turned on after accepting the pass phrase.  So the system is not dead, it just sits there
> possibly waiting for something?
> 
> Booting using an initramfs generated with cryptsetup 2:1.1.0-2.1 still works, even with
> cryptsetup 2:1.1.2-1 installed, so I am pretty sure that the problem must lie somewhere in 
> the initramfs scripts.

could you try to regenerate the initramfs after downgrading to
2:1.1.0-2.1, and test whether that works as well? that way you verify
that the bug is in cryptsetup package itself, and was not introduced by
some other package upgrade.

you should backup the working initramfs first (copy it to
/boot/initramfs.works), then downgrade the cryptsetup package to
2:1.1.0-2.1 (you can get it from snapshot.debian.org).

greetings,
 jonas
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