I did some more testing. My conclusion is once I inhibit the system from trying (I do not mount crypted disks at boottime I mount crypted disks upon GDM/shell login) to mount crypted disk at boot time everything works out.
/etc/default/cryptdisks: # Run cryptdisks at startup ? CRYPTDISKS_ENABLE=No I did not have to disable anything in cryptsetup before mountall package was installed, so I'm not sure if this is a mountall bug, a cryptsetup bug or is a bug for both of em. # apt-cache policy mountall cryptsetup mountall: Installed: 0.1.6 Candidate: 0.1.6 Version table: *** 0.1.6 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status cryptsetup: Installed: 2:1.0.6+20090405.svn49-1ubuntu4 Candidate: 2:1.0.6+20090405.svn49-1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 2:1.0.6+20090405.svn49-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- stuck on standard fstab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/430684 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs