Re: Dm-crypt freezing computer?

2020-06-26 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I can imagine this error happening like this if there is a sector error and it is trying to decrypt from that sector (or block) On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 7:37 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I've been using dm-crypt most of the 15 years I use linux, ne

Re: Dm-crypt freezing computer?

2020-06-26 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
I've been using dm-crypt most of the 15 years I use linux, never seen it just hang like that... Is this a spinner or SSD? I'm thinking physical errors perhaps - have you looked at SMART data on the disk to check its health? I'm thinking it's having a problem with a bad sector, but these tend to