GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 441418
Gnome-mount will only mount encrypted partitions and not drives created with cryptsetup/luks
Last modified: 2012-02-28 12:30:03 UTC
Please describe the problem: When I create a luks encrypted drive, for example /dev/sdc I cannot mount it via gnome-mount but it does mount via pmount and by hand (cryptsetup luksOpen etc...) Gnome-mount evidently opens the luks encrypted container since I see the mapper created however it is not mounted. The only error I see is an unknown partition message when tailing /var/log/messages. Gnome-mount DOES work when I mount an encrypted partition (/dev/sdc1) even if that partition is of the whole drive. This has only been tested on USB drives. Steps to reproduce: 1. Use cryptsetup to create a luks encrypted volume on an entire usb drive 2. insert the drive 3. After entering the password see that the mapper device is created but not mounted Actual results: The mapper device is created but not mounted Expected results: I would expect the drive to be mounted Does this happen every time? yes Other information:
I think I run into the same (or similar) issue. I'm burning encrypted CDs/DVDs using LUKS, via de scripts found here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-mount/+bug/122241 The burned CDs are OK; they can be manually mounted and the content accessed (luksOpen, etc). The detail is that when cd CD is inserted, gnome-mount (or the kernel) detects it's LUKS, prompts for the password, and after entering the password the dialog freezes and the disk never get mounted. Again, the workaround is to mount the disk manually. Thanks
this bug is also reported and commented at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-mount/+bug/117011
"gnome-mount" will not see active development anymore according to its developers (as HAL is also dead). Closing this report as WONTFIX - Please feel free to reopen this bug report in the future if anyone takes the responsibility for active development again.