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From: Saku Laesvuori <saku@laesvuori.fi>
To: David Lecompte <guix@metani.eu>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Encrypted install in VM stuck in GRUB
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:59:37 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ih43t4rliwqyffhxmnfvpnga3gm3lq7dgt3jo4miqxjntweg5m@7hsa74uox3ih> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40a3d4242a42d1db39fdfc4de215f8bf46639ae2.camel@metani.eu>

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> Hi all,
> 
> I installed guix in an x86 virtual machine, using the 1.4 installer. I
> selected the guided partitioning option with encryption, so everything was
> done by the installer.
> 
> When the installation is finished and the virtual machine reboots, I have 
> 
> -- copy start --
> Booting from Hard Disk...
> GRUB loading..
> Welcome to GRUB!
> 
> Attempting to decypt master key...
> Enter passphrase for hd0,gpt2 (<some hexa>)
> -- copy end --
> 
> Then I type the passphrase (I was very careful that the focus is in the vm
> screen and to not make any mistake, and I did the same twice) and I have
> 
> -- copy start --
> error: access denied.
> error: no such cryptodisk found.
> error: disk 'cryptoduuid/<the same hexa> not found
> Entering rescue mode...
> grub rescue>
> -- copy end --
> 
> I have setup the keyboard to use French azerty layout in the installer, then
> I was expecting my keyboard layout to be that one when typing the
> passphrase. If it is not so, then I typed a wrong password but in other
> distros, the message I got when typing a wrong password is pretty different,
> so maybe this is not the problem.

That is the same error message I get after mistyping my password. I'm
also quite sure the layout is US qwerty before unlocking the encryption
regardless of any keyboard layouts defined in the system configuration.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-09-14 12:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-13 17:42 Encrypted install in VM stuck in GRUB David Lecompte
2023-09-14 11:59 ` Saku Laesvuori [this message]
2023-09-14 13:09   ` David Lecompte
2023-09-14 13:42     ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-09-14 16:41       ` David Lecompte
2023-09-14 17:55         ` Maxim Cournoyer

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