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,

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

Re: Dm-crypt freezing computer?

2020-06-25 Thread Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss
On 2020-06-25 14:44, Seabass via PLUG-discuss wrote: I am extracting from a large tar file, and at around the 2nd gig, my computer starts to slow and even freeze up a bit. Mouse always moves fine, but that’s about it. iotop reports dm-crypt is the only thing and is using 99% of my read/write.

Re: Dm-crypt freezing computer?

2020-06-25 Thread Retro64XYZ via PLUG-discuss
Is your DM-Crypt set to encrypt a swap drive? On 6/25/20 2:44 PM, Seabass via PLUG-discuss wrote: I am extracting from a large tar file, and at around the 2nd gig, my computer starts to slow and even freeze up a bit. Mouse always moves fine, but that’s about it. iotop reports dm-crypt is the

Dm-crypt freezing computer?

2020-06-25 Thread Seabass via PLUG-discuss
I am extracting from a large tar file, and at around the 2nd gig, my computer starts to slow and even freeze up a bit. Mouse always moves fine, but that’s about it. iotop reports dm-crypt is the only thing and is using 99% of my read/write. htop shows minimal processing being used and ram isn’t