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Well, I'm glad I installed CentOS on a extra hdd, because when it boots up on my workstation USB init fails, and the keyboard dies so I have no way to enter the passphrase for full disk encryption..
This has not happened on my other machine. Strange.
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yeah, that's the first trick I try with these kind of issues, but my pc is so shitty I do not even have usb 3.
heh. Currently installing the gnome live version now to see if it works. If not then I have to figure out something else.
Or just go back to the OS I have on my other disk. It's a dealbreaking 'bug' for me, running it without full disk encryption is out of the question, but I'm sure the usb becomes alive in the boot process just after the passphrase has been entered..
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the gnome live dvd did the trick! It booted fine, and USB did not die. So now I'm back in action :)
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well, after installing software and nvidia drivers and upgrading the OS it now locks up at the login screen instead, with dead keyboard\mouse.. always something. hah I'm guessing it's the kernel that is causing the issue.. Sucks.
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CentOS 7 , works perfectly on my other machine, but not on my workstation. I'm reinstalling now and doing a kernel upgrade right after install to latest version to see if that helps, I suspect it upgraded to a older kernel on my last try, and I have no way to get the keyboard working after I did that, and no way to ssh into the machine either so a reinstall is faster. // @mcscx2
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It's not graphics drivers when it comes to the login screen and the keyboard\mouse is dead (same symptons as what I had when I did a net install earlier today, usb was dead when I reached the full disk encryption passphrase screen).
The live DVD has a different kernel that lets me at least get things installed, but usb again went dead after upgrade (I bet it upgraded to the same kernel as what the net installer used that also gave me this trouble).
Anyways - I'm almost done installing again now, and I'll try the kernel upgrade to latest before doing any nvidia stuff, so that will let me know for sure what it was.
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Well, to me there is no reason to use anything else then full disk encryption. I could not care less about government \ law enforcement and that issue. I want my data protected as best possible - period.
And saying its not necessary - well, that might be your point of view. Mine is that I want my data proitected no matter what. Burglars, thieves stealing my laptop, usb drive or what ever - I want my data to stay private.
And the best way to do that is full disk encryption.
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there is no options for that in the bios, every other OS works fine.
Ubuntu had this exact same problem a while ago, and it pissed off a lot of people (including me).
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also I do not consider it 'more dangerous' if the police wants you data. if they ask for the passprase - I have nothing to hide, but that does not mean I want my data freely avaliable for anyone to take either. So until that day comes - alll my data stays safely encrypted.
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the default kernel is 3.10, and the one you can get installed through elrepo is 4.12, so that's what I'm doing now. fingers crossed.
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