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yeetusmaximus

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Registered: 2025-01-02

Posts: 2

Dracut timeout, doesn't ask for the luks password

Hi everyone,

I freshly installed arch Linux yesterday and booted it once to install a DE. after a reboot, dracut no longer asks for a root password, instead is stuck on the message

 Reached target Basix system 
Started Dbus system message bus 

after a while, it proceeds to show

3] dracut-initqueue[518]: Warning: dracut-initqueue: starting timeout scripts

1] dracut-initqueue[518]: Warning: dracut-initqueue: timeout, still waiting for following initqueue hooks:

■dracut-initqueue[518]: Warning: /lib/dracut/hooks/initqueue/finished/devexists-\x2fdev\x2fdisk\x2fby-uuid\x2f5b45c624-a568-49f6-bb -ep -q 
After-remote-fs-pre.target /run/systemd/generator/systemd-cryptsetup@*.service 2>/dev/null; then
dracut-initqueue[518]: [ -e "/dev/disk/by-uuid/5b45c624-a568-49f6-bb21-f76ef2afaa75" 1

my dracut.conf is roughly as follows

 add dracurmodules = btrfs crypt
filesystems = btrfs
kernel cmdline = rd.luks.name= luks storage uuid:root root=uuid= unencrypted mapper uuid
rootflags=subvol=/@ 

my refind_linux.conf is roughly as follows

"root=UUID= unencrypted mapper uuid ro cryptdevice=UUID= luks storage uuid:root:allow-discards rootflags=subvol=/@" 

what completely perplexed me is that this booted once completely alright. after a system update and installing a DE, which must be totally unrelated, led to this situation. I'm new to the forums, i hope I've given adequate information, please ask if I need to provide more data for help