[SOLVED] Ecryptfs seemingly has dissapeared off my system.

angelnext · 2025-07-04 18:14:56

I had an ecryptfs basic setup for some files I needed to be protected, that I haven't had to access in a while until today.
when doing ecryptfs-mount-private it gives me a `mount: No such device` error.

After reading similar issues online I decided checked for ecryptfs state with modinfo and tried to enable it with modprobe, both with outputs that suggest that for some reason I don't happen to have the ecryptfs module.

`modinfo: ERROR: Module ecryptfs not found.`
`modprobe: FATAL: Module ecryptfs not found in directory /lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1`

My system is completely up to date and I'm using the normal linux kernel.
I am happy to provide more information if needed, I just want to access my files.

Last edited by angelnext (2025-07-08 08:35:30)

cryptearth · 2025-07-04 18:17:31

sanity check: have you installed the package?

angelnext · 2025-07-04 18:31:52

hey, thx for the quick answer, to my understanding ecryptfs is built in into all Linux kernels since version 2.6.19 right?, and I had installed ecryptfs-utils a while ago.

WorMzy · 2025-07-04 19:16:29

angelnext wrote:

modprobe: FATAL: Module ecryptfs not found in directory /lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1

That's an old kernel (Arch is up-to 6.15.4), have you updated your system but failed to reboot since?

pacman -Qi linux

angelnext · 2025-07-04 19:27:05

Hi, thx for the reply, I did have to do a hard shutoff recently, since it got stuck on poweroff, since I am running the latest version it seems

Name : linux
Version : 6.15.4.arch2-1
Description : The Linux kernel and modules
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://github.com/archlinux/linux
Licenses : GPL-2.0-only
Groups : None
Provides : KSMBD-MODULE NTSYNC-MODULE VIRTUALBOX-GUEST-MODULES WIREGUARD-MODULE
Depends On : coreutils initramfs kmod
Optional Deps : linux-firmware: firmware images needed for some devices [installed]
scx-scheds: to use sched-ext schedulers
wireless-regdb: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By : None
Optional For : base
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : virtualbox-guest-modules-arch wireguard-arch
Installed Size : 141.36 MiB
Packager : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@archlinux.org>
Build Date : Fri 27 Jun 2025 06:35:07 PM CEST
Install Date : Fri 04 Jul 2025 07:56:48 PM CEST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By : Signature

Last edited by angelnext (2025-07-04 19:27:34)

loqs · 2025-07-04 20:35:01

`modprobe: FATAL: Module ecryptfs not found in directory /lib/modules/6.15.2-arch1-1`

Does `uname -a` also report the running kernel to be 6.15.2-arch1 rather than 6.15.4.arch2-1. The mismatch between the kernels would explain why the module can not be found. Assuming there is a mismatch you need to mount /boot then reinstall the linux package.

angelnext · 2025-07-04 20:44:30

Linux angelpc 6.15.2-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:32:33 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Yep a mismatch, thx for the info, I prob wouldn't have figured it out by myself

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#1 2025-07-04 18:14:56

[SOLVED] Ecryptfs seemingly has dissapeared off my system.

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