[qubes-users] Corrupt sys-usb after VeraCrypt accident

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Hey all,

I’m going to love anyone who can assist me. So I have VeraCrypt installed on my sys-usb VM so I can mount my encrypted hard drives and usb sticks. I was encrypting a new USB drive (well I thought it was my USB drive) and then VeraCrypt crashed and sys-usb won’t open any apps.

Here is what I know:

  • I selected a disk called /x***/**** mounted to /rw on VeraCrypt it was 50GB same as USB (similar so I assumed that was it)

  • It encrypted and formatted that disk 100%

  • I noticed the USB was not formatted, so I figured something was wrong

  • VeraCrypt crashed

  • Now I can’t open any app on sys-usb “files” “terminal” etc

  • sys-usb still works for k&m and anything I attach to it.

Is there a easy way of repairing sys-usb or resetting it?

I looked through all the help and couldn’t find any similar issues or request. Any help would be appreciated, thank you all.

Regards,

Cody

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'Cody Smith' via qubes-users:

Hey all,

I'm going to love anyone who can assist me. So I have VeraCrypt installed on my sys-usb VM so I can mount my encrypted hard drives and usb sticks. I was encrypting a new USB drive (well I thought it was my USB drive) and then VeraCrypt crashed and sys-usb won't open any apps.

Can't see how the procedure you describe would permanently affect sys-usb. Have you rebooted without the problem drive connected? It's not too painful to recreate a sys-usb qube if needed, but be careful if it is also handling your usb keyboard and check the related documentation.

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Hey all,

I'm going to love anyone who can assist me. So I have VeraCrypt installed on my sys-usb VM so I can mount my encrypted hard drives and usb sticks. I was encrypting a new USB drive (well I thought it was my USB drive) and then VeraCrypt crashed and sys-usb won't open any apps.

Here is what I know:

  * I selected a disk called /x***/**** mounted to /rw on VeraCrypt it
    was 50GB same as USB (similar so I assumed that was it)
  * It encrypted and formatted that disk 100%
  * I noticed the USB was not formatted, so I figured something was wrong
  * VeraCrypt crashed
  * Now I can't open any app on sys-usb "files" "terminal" etc
  * sys-usb still works for k&m and anything I attach to it.

Is there a easy way of repairing sys-usb or resetting it?

Welcome to the club: Once I had plugged in to USB sticks, wanting to backup one to another, when I actually overwrite the original...

In openSUSE Linux there is a rather useful "lscsi" command that gives a good summary of your (not just "SCSI") block devices (without partitions or logical devices such as LVM LVs, MD-RAIDs, etc.).

I looked through all the help and couldn't find any similar issues or request. Any help would be appreciated, thank you all.

I'm afraid there's nothing left to "repair"; it seems you musr "re-create" instead.