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.wikl...@gmail.com > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> 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.wikl...@gmail.com > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>>> 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 <tomcloydm...@gmail.com > <mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com <mailto:tomcloydm...@gmail.com>>> > > Till: Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>>> > > > > > > > > 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.wikl...@gmail.com > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> > > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com> > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>>>> 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 > <tel:%28435%29%20272-3332> <tel:%28435%29%20272-3332> > > << t...@tomcloyd.com <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com> > <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com>> > <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com> > > <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com <mailto:t...@tomcloyd.com>>> >> (email) > > << TomCloyd.com >> (website) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
