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Linux @lemmy.ml Dr. Wesker @lemmy.sdf.org 6 mo. ago

cryptsetup hanging?

Anyone ever have cryptsetup just start hanging after entering password on boot? This seems like it's going to be a fun issue to try to resolve...

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Boot with previous kernel ? If fail, boot from Linux live, connect, mount, make backups, and try to fix.
- It could also be a disk problem. I second the backup suggestion
  
  This is my main concern.
- Oddly, after a few tries I managed to get past. I religiously back things up, and just last night pushed all my current dots.
  
  I'm gonna run some drive diagnostics. If everything looks good, I'll just repartition and take this as a sign to only use encryption on secondary drives where I backup sensitive info.
  
  I really need to get into pushing dot files. Every time I think „its not going to be that much“. Then I install a new system and like 20 apps, then I fiddle here and there. After a couple weeks I def rack up one or more hours of config.
- How could you boot a different kernel if you can't unlock the drive?
  
  Isn't it quite common to have /boot on an unencrypted partition?
How long do you wait before you declare it hung?

Sometimes decryption takes up to a minute depending on your system specs and optimizations.

I suggest booting from a live disc and trying to unlock it from there.
- 10m is when I throw my hands up. Normally it takes under 20s.
  
  That's more than a reasonable period of time to wait.
  
  Can you run a SMART check on the drive from a liveCD? memtest86?
  
  Paste the output of cryptsetup benchmark
- @krolden @wesker As soon as my irritability crosses the 50% mark.😎
Today it happened for the first time for me. I use arch btw.

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