LUKSerror: luks device has no key/passphrase

[Schopenberg]

This is my first issue submission, so please bear with me.

I'm attempting to install Qubes OS R3 (rc2) on a late 2008 Macbook Pro. None of the three kernels under "Troubleshooting" would work (graphics issues, it would seem), so I went into "basic graphics mode." I went through all the steps (time zone, installation source, yadda yadda yadda), and then ran into some errors. These errors popped up whether I chose LVM, BTRFS, or the other option whose name slips my mind (I mention this because I understand that LVM doesn't work well with Macs oftentimes, though I've managed to get it to work before).

I've included pictures of the output to save me the time of typing them all out (apologies if these are out of order).

[Piirtaa]

I get exactly the same error on a panasonic toughbook cf 19, mk 3. I've tried the same steps as well. Qubes 2 installed fine and didn't have this problem.

[Piirtaa]

I get exactly the same error on a panasonic toughbook cf 19, mk 3. I've tried the same steps as well. Qubes 2 installed fine and didn't have this problem.

[SentinelX101]

I also have the same problem when attempting to install Qubes OS Release 3.0 on a computer with an Nvidia graphics card that does not support anything other than basic graphics mode for installation.

Presumably the text only installer just forgets to ask for an encryption passphrase to set.

[SentinelX101]

I also have the same problem when attempting to install Qubes OS Release 3.0 on a computer with an Nvidia graphics card that does not support anything other than basic graphics mode for installation.

Presumably the text only installer just forgets to ask for an encryption passphrase to set.

[marmarek]

Presumably the text only installer just forgets to ask for an encryption passphrase to set.

Yes. Even worse - text installed doesn't support password prompt.

The only way to feed LUKS password is to use kickstart file (unattended installation). Take a look at this thread: https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/54DA1BA0.6010305%40t-t-l.co.uk

[marmarek]

Presumably the text only installer just forgets to ask for an encryption passphrase to set.

Yes. Even worse - text installed doesn't support password prompt.

The only way to feed LUKS password is to use kickstart file (unattended installation). Take a look at this thread: https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/54DA1BA0.6010305%40t-t-l.co.uk

[egberts]

Looks like I got a VirtualBox video driver error, which prompted me to go into Anaconda text-mode.

Would this be a new issue?

[egberts]

Looks like I got a VirtualBox video driver error, which prompted me to go into Anaconda text-mode.

Would this be a new issue?

[gjhami]

Excuse me if there's an obvious answer to this question, but why can't we just edit the code to use a hard coded password for encryption and then delete the password from that file later?

[gjhami]

Excuse me if there's an obvious answer to this question, but why can't we just edit the code to use a hard coded password for encryption and then delete the password from that file later?

[g60ocR]

This is still an issue unfortunately.

[g60ocR]

This is still an issue unfortunately.

[mikeshultz]

If the problem is indeed upstream, perhaps a maintainer could open a ticket, since the one submitted by a user was closed as Won't Fix.

[mikeshultz]

If the problem is indeed upstream, perhaps a maintainer could open a ticket, since the one submitted by a user was closed as Won't Fix.

[santy2001]

Same to me, installing on VmWare Qubes release 3.2 . I have to require the basic install method because the installation process doesn't start and stall in a black screen. So I switch to advanced install options and got this. :/

[santy2001]

Same to me, installing on VmWare Qubes release 3.2 . I have to require the basic install method because the installation process doesn't start and stall in a black screen. So I switch to advanced install options and got this. :/