Updated the Dell XPS 15 this morning using the latest Linux 7.2.6 and mkinitcpio 42 only to be repeatedly greeted by the LUKS unlock prompt. After some quick Kagi searching, I noted this little nugget in the release notes:
- install/sd-encrypt deprecates the mkinitcpio-specific
/etc/crypttab.initramfs file in favour of using the x-initrd.attach
option in /etc/crypttab (in the fourth field). This matches the
behaviour of other initramfs generators.
If you’re using crypttab.initramfs take heed! Your shit’s gonna break! (Mine did!) No amount of re-enrolling is going to fix this one.
The fix is easy enough, and documented on the Wiki here. Merge your crypttab.initramfs into /etc/crypttab and include x-initrd.attach in the 4th field like so:
/etc/crypttab
root UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX none x-initrd.attach,tpm2-device=auto
Update your initrd and reboot!
Hold on to your butts….