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Aaron Rainbolt (arraybolt3) wrote : ZFS + Encryption installations of Ubuntu Desktop suffer various severe problems related to the package manager

This is *probably* the wrong package, but it's the best I can figure for this, so here goes.

Hardware: Kubuntu Focus XE, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 11th Gen Intel Core i5, UEFI, no secure boot. Testing done in VirtualBox, BIOS, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD. OS is Ubuntu Desktop, Kinetic Final ISO.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Boot the Ubuntu desktop ISO.
2. Select "Try Ubuntu" (don't select "Install Ubuntu" if you're in VirtualBox or you won't be able to see important buttons).
3. Click the application menu, search for "Display", and change the screen resolution to something bigger than 800x600 (I use 1360x768).
4. Start the installer and proceed with the installation process.
5. When you get to the "Installation type" screen, select "Advanced Options", and enable ZFS + Encryption.
6. Proceed with the rest of the installation as normal.
7. Reboot into the newly installed system.
8. Attempt to log in.

Expected result: You should be logged in and arrive at a GNOME desktop.

Actual result: You are immediately dropped back to the login screen/

Notes: The fall back to the login screen will occur whether you use Wayland or Xorg. If you switch to a TTY and log in, you will see an error related to a missing file, /var/lib/dpkg/status. "sudo apt update" will error out as a result of this missing file. Running "sudo touch /var/lib/dpkg/status" will allow "sudo apt update" to function, and you will then be able to log into the GNOME desktop.

Once you log in, you'll notice that Firefox is missing (bug #1993279), and you will likely be presented with a ton of error messages and other scary junk. At least one of those error messages will be related to update-manager.

Once you get past that whole mess, the system seems to work OK (I'm typing on the VM that I produced this mess on). I still notice a "System program problem detected" window pop up at least once after booting the VM, but it otherwise functions normally so far.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: zsys (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-21.21-generic 5.19.7
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Oct 18 09:55:27 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-10-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221018)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no username)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: zsys
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)