Description of problem: As mentioned in bug 1477351, I have some issues with the installer and my vg. For troubleshooting that, I tried manually unlocking the luks device, mounting, ... making sure the volgroup was OK. After that, I went into the graphical installer and tried to configure partitioning. When I did that, I again had to enter the luks password for my encrypted drive. However, when I entered the password, I got an error, "Failed to activate device: Device or resource busy" The installer should see that the encrypted device has already been unlocked and then not prompt you for the password to unlock it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rawhide, netinstall iso from 2017-Jul-31 05:53:01 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have an encrypted drive 2. Boot up from an iso to install 3. control + alternate + f3 to get to a console 4. manually unlock your encrypted drive 5. mount one of the drives from there 6. Go back into the installer 7. Try to configure partitioning. Actual results: It will error after you enter the luks password in the graphical installer. Expected results: The installer should see that the encrypted drive has already been unlocked. Additional info:
I guess this needs to be changed in blivet library. I guess they could look if the device is already unlocked and then ignore this unlocking attempt from Anaconda.
Installing F31 and facing a similar issue: I had my LUKS unlocked, and Blivet was seeing it fine, but upon clicking Done it complained that "The existing unlocked LUKS device cannot be used for the installation without an encryption key specified for this device. Please, rescan the storage". This does make sense, however I found no way to enter the key or "rescan the storage", so I had to quit the installer altogether, manually close LUKS, and restart the installation process for it to finally work.
(In reply to Ivan Molodetskikh from comment #2) > Installing F31 and facing a similar issue: I had my LUKS unlocked, and > Blivet was seeing it fine, but upon clicking Done it complained that "The > existing unlocked LUKS device cannot be used for the installation without an > encryption key specified for this device. Please, rescan the storage". This > does make sense, however I found no way to enter the key or "rescan the > storage", so I had to quit the installer altogether, manually close LUKS, > and restart the installation process for it to finally work. Hi, you can rescan the storage by clicking at the "Refresh..." link at the bottom of the Installation Destination screen or click at the "Reload storage configuration from disk" button next to the buttons for adding or removing a mount point at the Manual Partitioning screen. After the rescan, you should be able to unlock the device in the Manual Partitioning screen.
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