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#1 2007-04-11 10:50:55

Alexo
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usb flash and truecrypt [Solved]

I'm running kernel 2.6.19. Yesterday installed truecrypt and encrypted my usb flash.

]$ truecrypt --properties /dev/sda1
Enter keyfile path [none]: 
Enter password for '/dev/sda1': 

Volume properties:
 Location: /dev/sda1
 Size: 1001111040 bytes
 Type: Normal
 Encryption algorithm: AES-Twofish
 Key size: 512 bits
 Block size: 128 bits
 Mode of operation: LRW
 PKCS-5 PRF: HMAC-RIPEMD-160
 PKCS-5 iteration count: 2000
 Volume created: Tue Apr 10 20:34:56 2007
 Header modified: Tue Apr 10 20:34:56 2007

However when I try to mount it I get:

$ truecrypt /dev/sda1 /media/usbf
Enter password for '/dev/sda1': 
FATAL: Module truecrypt not found.
truecrypt: Failed to load TrueCrypt kernel module

then I try as root:

# modprobe truecrypt
FATAL: Module truecrypt not found.

I checked other threads but none of the solutions solved my problem.

Last edited by Alexo (2007-04-24 15:24:15)

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#2 2007-04-11 23:03:28

_nalle
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Re: usb flash and truecrypt [Solved]

Have you installed the truecrypt package for you kernel or are you running a vanilla kernel?


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#3 2007-04-15 11:06:16

Alexo
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Re: usb flash and truecrypt [Solved]

I installed the truecrypt module for kernel26. I have the stock kernel2.6.19 and I didn't notice any vanilla flavour yet big_smile
Cheers

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#4 2007-04-15 11:39:55

meqif
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Re: usb flash and truecrypt [Solved]

Probably the truecrypt module you have installed is for kernel 2.6.20. Update the kernel. wink

meqif@lust:: pacman -Ql truecrypt
truecrypt /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/extra/truecrypt.ko

Last edited by meqif (2007-04-15 11:41:18)


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#5 2007-04-15 12:00:24

tomk
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Re: usb flash and truecrypt [Solved]

Correct, meqif. External module packages like truecrypt are always compiled for the current versions of the kernel packages.

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#6 2007-04-19 17:34:47

Alexo
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Re: usb flash and truecrypt [Solved]

$ sudo pacman -Sy kernel26
...
checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts... 
error: the following file conflicts were found:
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.alias: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.ccwmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.dep: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.ieee1394map: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.inputmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.isapnpmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.ofmap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.pcimap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.seriomap: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.symbols: exists in filesystem
  kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.20-ARCH/modules.usbmap: exists in filesystem

Question: shall I

 $ sudo pacman -U kernel26

or

$ sudo pacman -Sf kernel26

?

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#7 2007-04-19 19:48:22

byte
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Re: usb flash and truecrypt [Solved]

sudo pacman -Sf kernel26


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#8 2007-04-24 15:21:19

Alexo
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Registered: 2005-06-27
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Re: usb flash and truecrypt [Solved]

Solved!
Thanks smile

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