Package: util-linux Version: 2.12p-4 Severity: normal
Attempting to use the "deflate" crypto cipher with the losetup program fails. AES works as expected: rod:/home/nick# dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/compressedFS bs=1024 count=102400 102400+0 records in 102400+0 records out 104857600 bytes transferred in 4.801703 seconds (21837586 bytes/sec) rod:/home/nick# losetup -e aes -k 256 /dev/loop0 /tmp/compressedFS Password: rod:/home/nick# losetup -d /dev/loop0 rod:/home/nick# losetup -e deflate /dev/loop0 /tmp/compressedFS Password: ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument I've tested this on a sarge (both module-based and compiled-in) and an unstable system with the same results. The most I can find on this problem is an answerless question on the linux-crypto list: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/2004-05/msg00030.html I can't find any more information to solve this problem, or indeed determine if it's due to user error. Thanks, Nick -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages util-linux depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libuuid1 1.37-2sarge1 universally unique id library ii slang1a-utf8 1.4.9dbs-8 The S-Lang programming library wit ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
