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jonnsl

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[SOLVED] Systemd failing to decrypt root.

Not sure if this started happening because of an update or a misconfiguration. So I'm posting here instead of  "Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues".

after booting:
[FAILED] failed to start cryptography setup for luks-...
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for encrypted volume
[  OK  ] Reached target system initialization
[  OK  ] Reached target basic system.
[***    ] A start job is running for dev-disk-by\x2uuid...

my /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:
[...]
HOOKS="base systemd autodetect block keyboard sd-vconsole sd-encrypt filesystem fsck"
[...]

I'm using systemd-boot: /boot/loader/entries/arch.conf
[...]
options rd.luks=1 rd.luks.crypttab=0 rd.luks.uuid=abc... root=UUID=abc...

Systemd is at version 234.11-1

Using an archlinux live cd, I used arch-chroot to go inside the root, which is working fine, and rebuilt the initcpio (mkinitcpio -p linux), but the issue still persists;
Does anyone have any Idea what could be causing this?
Thanks.

Last edited by jonnsl (2017-07-31 12:44:08)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd failing to decrypt root.

Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd failing to decrypt root.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm … mkinitcpio

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seiichiro0185

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd failing to decrypt root.

This is a known bug, see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54825

Workaround: add luks.options=timeout=30s to your kernel options, or wait for systemd 234.11-2 which includes the fix.

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jonnsl

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Re: [SOLVED] Systemd failing to decrypt root.

This is a known bug, see https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/54825

Workaround: add luks.options=timeout=30s to your kernel options, or wait for systemd 234.11-2 which includes the fix.

That fixed it. Thanks.