I'm trying to mount a Luks encrypted external 500GB HDD, on Linux Mint 17.1. I can mount this disk with Mint 17 (Cinnamon) and some version of Ubuntu: I just plug in the disk, enter the password and then the contents of the disk appear in the file manager.
However, with Linux Mint 17.1 64 bit (and kernel 3.19), Cinnamon, what happens when I plug in the drive is that 1) I input the password in the password dialog that appears 2) the contents of the disk does *not* appear in the file managre's drive device list, and 3) if I click the "500 GB Encrypted" disk, Mint says "Unable to mount 500 GB Encrypted: An operation is already pending."
Why am I unable to mount the encrypted disk and access its contents? (And what operation is pending?)
Here's an old thread (year 2012) that might describe the same problem (no solution suggested):
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... g+#p587998
Thanks for any help. Lots of details follow:
1) Mint is installed on a SSD, on two partitions (Windows 8.1 dual boots from some other partitions), one partition for / and one for /home. They're both encrypted already, with Luks. So when booting, I specify 2 password (one for each partition), before Mint starts.
2)
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$ sudo lsblk -f # the external 500 GB HDD is 'sdb' below
NAME FSTYPE LABEL MOUNTPOINT
sda
├─sda1 ntfs WINRE_DRV
├─sda2 vfat SYSTEM_DRV /boot/efi
├─sda3 vfat LRS_ESP
├─sda4
├─sda5 ntfs Windows8_OS
├─sda6 ntfs LENOVO
├─sda7 ntfs PBR_DRV
├─sda8 ext4 /boot
├─sda9 crypto_LUKS
│ └─sda9_crypt (dm-0) ext4 /
└─sda10 crypto_LUKS
└─sda10_crypt (dm-1) ext4 /home
sdb crypto_LUKS <---- the 500 GB HDD
└─luks-06c8a6a1-24e8-4bb6-821c-3809d6d0aa9b (dm-3)
loop0 ext4
└─docker-252:0-4206407-pool (dm-2) ext4
loop1
└─docker-252:0-4206407-pool (dm-2) ext4 3)
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$ ll /dev/mapper/
total 0
crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Mar 9 22:06 control
brw------- 1 root root 252, 2 Mar 9 22:07 docker-252:0-4206407-pool
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 9 22:06 sda10_crypt -> ../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 9 22:06 sda9_crypt -> ../dm-0 (Why won't the external disk appear in /dev/mapper? The encrypted partitions sda9_crypt and sda10_crypt do appear here.)
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$ sudo cryptsetup status luks-06c8a6a1-24e8-4bb6-821c-3809d6d0aa9b
/dev/mapper/luks-06c8a6a1-24e8-4bb6-821c-3809d6d0aa9b is active. <-- but not "in use"
type: LUKS1
cipher: aes-cbc-essiv:sha256
keysize: 256 bits
device: /dev/sdb
offset: 4096 sectors
size: 976769071 sectors
mode: read/write5)
And as mentioned, two partitions use Luks already:
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$ sudo cryptsetup status sda9_crypt # sda10_crypt is similar
/dev/mapper/sda9_crypt is active and is in use. <--- that one is "in use"
type: LUKS1
cipher: aes-xts-plain64
keysize: 512 bits
device: /dev/sda9
offset: 4096 sectors
size: 178706432 sectors
mode: read/write
flags: discards6)
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$ sudo blkid
/dev/loop0: UUID="6f8c5fb9-2482-41ac-a8b3-4e9fee9fd6f9" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="WINRE_DRV" UUID="FA3A12A03A1259C9" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="SYSTEM_DRV" UUID="BE14-5DCB" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="LRS_ESP" UUID="3616-902C" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda5: LABEL="Windows8_OS" UUID="A43A194D3A191E3C" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda6: LABEL="LENOVO" UUID="14F68D56F68D394E" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda7: LABEL="PBR_DRV" UUID="C2FE1B13FE1AFEFB" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda8: UUID="096dcaec-3729-4cd6-af40-94934b91dccc" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda9: UUID="bc97faf5-2b35-4719-86d3-2019f8c72789" TYPE="crypto_LUKS"
/dev/sda10: UUID="fd2ed302-938b-44a1-9167-92f25ef60259" TYPE="crypto_LUKS"
/dev/mapper/sda9_crypt: UUID="52ebf4d2-5d24-4787-bcf1-1166cb9bd5b4" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mapper/sda10_crypt: UUID="267b52b8-db40-4ec0-8089-f24978dff063" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mapper/docker-252:0-4206407-pool: UUID="6f8c5fb9-2482-41ac-a8b3-4e9fee9fd6f9" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb: UUID="06c8a6a1-24e8-4bb6-821c-3809d6d0aa9b" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" <--- the external HDD7)
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$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 512.1 GB, 512110190592 bytes (<--- the OS is installed on this disk)
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 62260 cylinders, total 1000215216 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa4957ab6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1000215215 500107607+ ee GPT
Disk /dev/mapper/sda9_crypt: 91.5 GB, 91497693184 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11123 cylinders, total 178706432 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/sda9_crypt doesn't contain a valid partition table
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Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107861504 bytes <--- the external HDD
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773167 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x08040000
Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table8)
Here are the 'dmesg' log lines that appeared when I plugged in the external HDD:
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[ 8687.582627] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[ 8687.810919] usb 2-1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 8687.830155] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bc2, idProduct=ab10
[ 8687.830158] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 8687.830160] usb 2-1: Product: BUP Slim SL
[ 8687.830162] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Seagate
[ 8687.830163] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: NA4T76WB
[ 8687.844511] scsi host7: uas
[ 8687.845634] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Seagate BUP Slim SL 0938 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[ 8687.847083] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[ 8687.901211] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 976773167 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
[ 8687.902218] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 8687.902220] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 2b 00 10 08
[ 8687.902966] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA
[ 8689.316074] sdb: unknown partition table
[ 8689.336413] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 8703.815765] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 2 inflight: CMD IN
[ 8703.815771] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
[ 8703.815773] ATA command pass through(12)/Blank: a1 08 2e 00 01 00 00 00 00 ec 00 00
[ 8726.882385] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] uas_eh_abort_handler 0 uas-tag 1 inflight: CMD IN
[ 8726.882389] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB:
[ 8726.882391] Read(10): 28 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 08 00
[ 8726.882434] scsi host7: uas_eh_bus_reset_handler start
[ 8726.994922] usb 2-1: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 8727.011476] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff880446780848
[ 8727.011481] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff8804467808d8
[ 8727.011483] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff880446780800
[ 8727.011484] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff880446780890
[ 8727.012686] scsi host7: uas_eh_bus_reset_handler success9)
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$ sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/luks
mount: unknown filesystem type 'crypto_LUKS'
sudo mount -U 06c8a6a1-24e8-4bb6-821c-3809d6d0aa9b /mnt/luks
mount: unknown filesystem type 'crypto_LUKS'Thanks for any help and best regards,
KajMagnus