Re: Problem: The unlocked device does not have a recognizable file system on it

[Ross Lagerwall <rosslagerwall gmail com>]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 04:00:20PM +0100, tom handler wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> since a recent system(ubuntu) update something broke for me in gvfs.
> I cannot longer mount external encrypted filesystems(LUKS) with ext4
> partitions in them. Either with the automatic behaviour upon device plugin,
> or manual mounting with gvfs(below) this is the result:
>
> $ *gvfs-mount -d /dev/sdc2*
>
> Enter a passphrase to unlock the volume
>
> The passphrase is needed to access encrypted data on WDC WD250... (250 GB >
> Hard Disk).
>
> Password:
>
> *Error mounting /dev/sdc2: The unlocked device does not have a recognizable
> file* *system on it*
>
>
> The LUKS device has been actually unlocked correctly in /dev/mapper as
> luks-[uid] (/dev/dm-1) and a manual mount will mount the exposed ext4
> partition:
> "sudo mount /dev/dm-1 /mnt/testfolder" <-- works as expected.
>
> This is the gvfs version I'm using: gvfs:amd64, 1.18.2-0ubun.
>
> Could anyone help me debug this problem?
> How can I get more information about what's exactly happening  here?
>
> I'd like to add that this problem is not disk-related, using gvfs-mount
> with the same disks works fine on another system.

Is it possible to mount it with udisks?  It may be a problem with
udisks.

E.g. udisksctl mount -b /dev/sdc2

Otherwise the output of gvfs-mount -li could be helpful.

Regards
-- 
Ross Lagerwall