[pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#1137532: cryptroot-unlock: Error: Timeout reached while waiting for askpass.

[Holger Levsen]

package: cryptsetup
version: 2:2.7.5-2

hi Guilhem,

so I have a server running trixie and using dropbear-initramfs to unlock
the crypted root partition, which until last week worked very nicely:

$ dpkg -l|grep -E 'dropbear|cryptsetup|linux-image'|cut -b 1-60
ii  cryptsetup                        2:2.7.5-2             
ii  cryptsetup-bin                    2:2.7.5-2             
ii  cryptsetup-initramfs              2:2.7.5-2             
ii  dropbear-bin                      2025.89-1~deb13u1     
ii  dropbear-initramfs                2025.89-1~deb13u1     
ii  libcryptsetup12:amd64             2:2.7.5-2             
ii  linux-image-6.12.74+deb13+1-amd64 6.12.74-2             
ii  linux-image-6.12.88+deb13-amd64   6.12.88-1             
ii  linux-image-6.12.90+deb13-amd64   6.12.90-1             
ii  linux-image-amd64                 6.12.90-1    

The root fs is on an md array, nothing fancy really.

With linux-image-6.12.74 i can boot as always, that is, log in via
ssh, run cryptroot-unlock and then the server boots.

With the newer kernels this doesnt work anymore:

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To unlock root partition, and maybe others like swap, run `cryptroot-unlock`.


BusyBox v1.37.0 (Debian 1:1.37.0-6+b8) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ # cryptroot-unlock 

Error: Timeout reached while waiting for askpass.
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I recreated all the initramfs using

# update-initramfs -k all -u

but that changed nothing.

(I also see some sdb errors but I believe those are red herrings.)

Any help welcome, i'd be happy to further help in debugging this.

& thank you for maintaining cryptsetup! It's awesome when it works! :)


-- 
cheers,
	Holger

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