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16.10 & 16.04 64-bit iso images cannot setup encrypted LVM

Bug #1666385 reported by schnappi on 2017-02-21

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1638420: LVM install with Lubuntu fails due to missing lvm2 package. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Not sure if am submitting this bug report in the right place.

Lubuntu 16.10 and 16.04 64-bit iso images cannot encrypt LVM. Gives error about unsafe swap space. Disabling swap space does not solve. One must use Lubuntu alternate installer to encrypt LVM.

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ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) wrote on 2017-02-21:

What is the specific error?

affects:

lubuntu-next → ubiquity

ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) on 2017-02-21

affects:	ubiquity → ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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schnappi (schnappijedi) wrote on 2017-02-21:

See screenshot here for the exact wording of the error as this is exactly what experienced (and can be replicated): http://askubuntu.com/questions/393418/unsafe-swap-space-detected

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schnappi (schnappijedi) wrote on 2017-02-27:

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Replicated problem on a virtual machine.

The error is as follows (and a screenshot is attached as well):

An unsafe swap space has been detected.

"This is a fatal error since sensitive data could be written out to disk unencrypted. This would allow someone with access to the disk to recover parts of the encryption key or passphrase.

Please disable the swap space and then run setup of encrypted volumes again. This program will now abort."

Running sudo swapoff -a does not allow installation.