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["Phill. Whiteside" <phillwuk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm,

I've never had issues with encrypted on my test rigs. Can you get the OP to
run through the test case on the tracker[1] so that we can get some steps
as to where he is having a problem.

Regards,

Phill.
1. http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/testcases/1439/info


On 9 November 2015 at 13:22, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> They have tried Lubuntu alternate too, and failed.
>
> I have no idea what is wrong, but things that work for me fail for them.
> Maybe the computer hardware. Maybe they do something they are not
> telling us, for example trying to install encryption in a dual boot
> system. Maybe they cannot tell the difference between 'encrypted disk'
> and 'encrypted home'.
>
> I have encountered problems with installing cryptswap with zram active
> in my own computers, so it might be worthwhile to mention it in the
> release notes or similar.
>
> But I agree, normally it should work to use Lubuntu alternate for this
> task, so that should be the first suggestion to solve the problem.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> Den 2015-11-09 kl. 14:06, skrev Phill. Whiteside:
> > Hmm,
> >
> > maybe we investigate telling them to use alternate image as that does
> > not use zram in the setup?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> >
> > On 9 November 2015 at 09:45, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Phill,
> >
> >     Is this something for you? To mention that people should swapoff (to
> >     turn off zram) in order to install Lubuntu with encryption (via the
> >     desktop iso files).
> >
> >     Or maybe it is already mentioned somewhere in the Lubuntu wiki/help
> >     pages, in that case where?
> >
> >     Best regards
> >     Nio
> >
> >
> >     -------- Vidarebefordrat meddelande --------
> >     Ämne:   Re: a request
> >     Datum:  Sun, 8 Nov 2015 23:10:44 -0800
> >     Från:   Tom Cloyd <tomcloydmsma@xxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:tomcloydmsma@xxxxxxxxx>>
> >     Till:   Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>>
> >
> >
> >
> >     Nio,
> >
> >     Thanks for your suggestions. I do understand the volunteer thing, as
> I
> >     give my own professional services away for free a great deal - to
> folks
> >     who simply couldn't otherwise afford them.
> >
> >     I do appreciate what all of you do, in spite of my voiced
> frustration.
> >     Really!
> >
> >     I'll follow up on your suggestions if my current gambit doesn't do
> the
> >     trick.
> >
> >     Regarding the swapoff issue, might it make sense for some mention of
> >     this to be made on wiki? Just a thought. It's a gotcha that's got me
> a
> >     number of times. :)
> >
> >     Tom
> >
> >     On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>
> >     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>>>
> wrote:
> >
> >         Hi again Tom,
> >
> >         We are all volunteers. If you want professional service, please
> use
> >         a commercial operating system.
> >
> >         That said, I'll try to reply inline (below).
> >
> >         Best regards
> >         Nio
> >
> >         Den 2015-11-09 kl. 06:25, skrev Tom Cloyd:
> >         > I wish to register a protest: I'm still trying to get Lubuntu
> (LB)
> >         to do
> >         > what it says it CAN do - namely install to a hard drive,
> >     setting it up
> >         > as an encrypted LVM drive.
> >         >
> >         > After multiple failures with an 15.04 ISO disk, and then an
> 15.10
> >         > alternate ISO, I'm now trying it with a new 15.10 desktop ISO
> >     - the
> >         > version I actually want to install.
> >         >
> >         > At the beginning one has the option of trying out LB or going
> >     directly
> >         > to an install; I took the latter option. Quite a ways into the
> >         install,
> >         > after every option is set, and the actual install is about to
> >     happen,
> >         > there is this unfortunate error message which stops the whole
> >         process. I
> >         > wrote about this in my initial email about my installation
> >     problems:
> >         >
> >         > /I got an "Unsafe swap space detected" error message. This
> >     makes no
> >         > sense to me.LB is running in ram. It's installing to a clean
> >     HD. WHAT
> >         > swap is being talked about?
> >         >
> >         > I tried again, this time starting LB from the DVD, and then
> >     initiating
> >         > the install to the USB HD. Same result.
> >         >
> >         > The error message says that I must "disable the swap space
> >     (e.g., by
> >         > running swapoff) or configure an encrypted swap space and then
> run
> >         setup
> >         > of encrypted volumes again."
> >         >
> >         > So, I call up lxterminal and execute sudo swapoff -a./
> >
> >         The ubiquity installer has an issue with zram. You have to turn
> >     it off
> >         (which you did) for this option (installing with encryption) to
> >     work.
> >
> >         > This is clearly a programming issue. If an error message like
> that
> >         is to
> >         > be issued, there needs to be immediate access to a command
> >     line so it
> >         > can be fixed. To have to halt the installation, losing the
> work it
> >         took
> >         > to get to this point, then issue the command (which by the way
> >     is NOT
> >         > "swapoff" but "sudo swapoff -a". as one discovers after more
> >     hills and
> >         > valleys), then restart...is nuts.
> >         >
> >         > But that's what I did, again. Which brings me to this, also
> >     previously
> >         > encountered - and I quote again from my initial email of
> >     October 18:
> >         >
> >         > /"Volume group name already in use. The volume group name used
> to
> >         > automatically partition using LVM is already in use. Lowering
> the
> >         > priority for configuration questions will allow you to specify
> an
> >         > alternative name."
> >         >
> >         > I have no idea what this means./
> >
> >         Maybe there is some information on the target drive, that is
> >     confusing
> >         the installer.
> >
> >         If that is causing your problem, it should work after you wipe
> >     the first
> >         megabyte of the target drive and create a new partition table.
> >     You can
> >         do that with the command line tool 'dd' plus the GUI tool
> >     'gparted', or
> >         safer with 'mkusb version 10.3' via
> >
> >         ppa:mkusb/unstable
> >
> >         and use the 'wipe menu'.
> >
> >         https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb
> >
> >         > I really dislike cryptic error message. "Lowering the
> priority..."
> >         Huh?
> >         > AND, there's this: Since this is an install which wipes the
> target
> >         disk,
> >         > there IS no volume group name at the beginning. So it's not
> just
> >         > cryptic, it's wrong.
> >         >
> >         > I really like Lubuntu, AND I truly need a fully encrypted
> >         installation,
> >         > OS and all. The attempt to do it on a USB hard drive is just a
> >         proof of
> >         > concept, to show it can be done. But it can't, at least by me,
> so
> >         far. I
> >         > did it with 15.04 on my netbook but after that it's been all
> >     failures.
> >         >
> >         > I can't afford the time costs here. I hope there's a fix
> >         somewhere, but
> >         > meanwhile I'm looking for another path - maybe Ubuntu itself
> (then
> >         strip
> >         > it down to Lubuntu?) or a Mint version. I need something that
> >     works.
> >         >
> >         > Any and all idea anyone has are most welcome!
> >         >
> >         > Tom
> >     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >     "What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human
> >     soul." ~Joseph Addison
> >
> >     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >     Tom Cloyd, MS MA LMHC (WA)
> >     Psychotherapist (psychological trauma, dissociative disorders)
> >     Spokane, Washington, U.S.A: (435) 272-3332
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