Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > get annoying gnome out of the way and try it from the cli. > > cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/path/to/usb/device crypt-usb > > enter passphrase > > mount /dev/mapper/crypt-usb /mnt/temp > > and see what happens > > A finally! a voice of reason :)
I had already come to the conclusion that all was probably not lost, and that I just needed to try it from cli. Gnome *was* the problem on my ubuntu desktop. it asked for passphrase but did not mount. After a bit of man reading I was finally able to do exactly what you describe above. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]