governorkeagan

It has finally happened...not surprised though.

Context:

I updated my system last night (EndeavourOS) and it looks like the kernal didn't update correctly. When I restarted the system and entered my password for the encrypted drive, I get an error:

[FAILED] Failed to mount /efi
See 'systemctl status efi.mount` for details.

I can't remember the commands I used last night but I was able to check the version of the kernel I am using currently - uname -r I believe - and what is installed. There was a difference in versions.

Trying to fix the problem:

I attempted to chroot into the system via a live USB - tutourial, arch bbs & arch wiki.

However, when trying to mount the drive (/dev/sda2) I get an error message: mount: /rescue: unknown filesystem type 'crypto_LIKS'. I tried using cryptsetup luksOpen' and 'udisksctl unlock -b' but both return a similar error saying it is not an encrypted device. See fdisk -l results below:

[[email protected] ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 238.47 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA KSG60ZMV
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: FC41E181-15E3-4444-8240-E68D52AFD07E
 
Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1       4096   2052095   2048000  1000M EFI System
/dev/sda2    2052096 481648511 479596416 228.7G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3  481648512 500103449  18454938   8.8G Linux filesystem
 
 
Disk /dev/sdb: 57.3 GiB, 61524148224 bytes, 120164352 sectors
Disk model:  SanDisk 3.2Gen1
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x7498467c
 
Device     Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1  *         64 5249887 5249824  2.5G  0 Empty
/dev/sdb2       5249888 5575519  325632  159M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
 
 
Disk /dev/loop0: 2.35 GiB, 2520530944 bytes, 4922912 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Snapper Snapshots:

I recently setup snapshots with Snapper since I'm using BTRFS. From what I understand, I can just roll back my system to before the system update (it takes a snapshot before and after installing anything) but I got confused on how to do that last night - troubleshooting at 2AM with a lack of sleep will do that...

What is the best way forward? I'm happy to provide more information if it helps.

EDIT: Output of lsblk

[[email protected] ~]$ lsblk -f
NAME   FSTYPE      FSVER            LABEL       UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0  squashfs    4.0                                                                     0   100% /run/archiso/airootfs
sda                                                                                                 
├─sda1 vfat        FAT32                        0BC7-CF22                                           
├─sda2 crypto_LUKS 2                            5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda                
└─sda3 crypto_LUKS 2                            81a912d5-fb81-40ed-a60f-0af27314b661                
sdb    iso9660     Joliet Extension EOS_202404  2024-04-20-15-57-10-00                              
├─sdb1 iso9660     Joliet Extension EOS_202404  2024-04-20-15-57-10-00                     0   100% /run/archiso/bootmnt
└─sdb2 vfat        FAT16            ARCHISO_EFI 7156-9697  

EDIT 2:

[[email protected] ~]$ lsblk -a
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0    7:0    0   2.3G  1 loop /run/archiso/airootfs
sda      8:0    0 238.5G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0  1000M  0 part 
├─sda2   8:2    0 228.7G  0 part 
└─sda3   8:3    0   8.8G  0 part 
sdb      8:16   1  57.3G  0 disk 
├─sdb1   8:17   1   2.5G  0 part /run/archiso/bootmnt
└─sdb2   8:18   1   159M  0 part 

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system>             <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
UUID=0BC7-CF22                            /efi           vfat    fmask=0137,dmask=0027 0 2
/dev/mapper/luks-5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda /              btrfs   subvol=/@,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda /home          btrfs   subvol=/@home,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda /var/cache     btrfs   subvol=/@cache,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-5c6d5430-3706-48e8-bffb-f680d8c19dda /var/log       btrfs   subvol=/@log,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
/dev/mapper/luks-81a912d5-fb81-40ed-a60f-0af27314b661 swap           swap    defaults   0 0
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

EDIT 3:

I think I have fixed it. I have chrooted and am busy running sudo pacman -Syu

EDIT 4: /efi still fails to mount.

TL;DR: I got a response from Reddit that basically says they’re not violating anything.

There was a post here 3 weeks ago that talked about the GDPR violations Reddit is committing.

reddit is telling it's future investors with recent news and more info on their IPO, that they're currently selling and looking to sell their user's data to companies wanting to train their LLMs, including Google.

I’m not sure of anyone else has gotten a response from them yet so I thought I’d share the email.

The Email:

Hello,

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VPN is set to the country of the site/app.

Outlook got updated on my iPhone last night and now they want me to agree to having my data shared with 807 partners.

Important note: I don’t use outlook as my primary email provider. I use Proton with a custom domain but I keep outlook for some old emails.

I’ve been trying to find an alternative to Life360 that doesn’t use Google/Apple map data.

If I could find a similar app that uses OpenStreetMap data, that would be fantastic.

I’ve been recommended a plugin for OsmAnd which allows location sharing through telegram. This wouldn’t be ideal as none of my family uses Telegram.

Edit: my original post on [email protected]

I use Canva a fair bit for work, is there anything similar that’s more privacy friendly? I don’t always want to open up Gimp, ideally it’ll be available online as well.

I’d seen rumours online but got the email this morning.

EDIT: seems like there won’t be ads for everyone straight away.

• Live events, such as sports, and content offered through Amazon Freevee will continue to include advertising. Customers in the Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man won’t see ads in their experience at this time.