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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can try.

Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-11-09 kl. 14:42, skrev Phill. Whiteside:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
>     > <mailto: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>
>     >     <mailto:tomcloydmsma@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:tomcloydmsma@xxxxxxxxx>>>
>     >     Till:   Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto: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>>
>     >     <mailto: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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