HELP! After updating software on my new Librem 13 I get this WARNING::

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HELP! After updating software on my new Librem 13 I get this WARNING::

WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning.
Volume group “luks” not found
Cannot process volume group luks
No key available with this passphrase.
cryptsetup (luks-d9143203-4ea6-b963-a457d8fc5b49): cryptsetup Failed, bad password or options?
No key available with this passphrase.
cryptsetup (luks-d9143203-4ea6-b963-a457d8fc5b49): cryptsetup Failed, bad password or options?
cryptsetup: going to sleep for 60 seconds…
Gave up waiting for suspend/resume device
No key available with this passphrase.
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning.
Volume group “luks” not found
Cannot process volume group luks
Gave up waiting for root file system device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
Alert! /dev/mapper/luks-d9143203-4ea6-b963-a457d8fc5b49 does not exist.

BusyBox v1.27.2 (Debian 1:127.2-3) built-in shell (ash)
Enter `help’ for a list of built-in commands.

(initramfs
)


I found this solution from a link in the forum to this website "Come and Tech it !"
But it did not solve my problem:  "WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad."

The Link:
https://comeandtechit.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/warning-failed-to-connect-to-lvmetad-falling-back-to-device-scanning/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-3

On their website this is what it shows for their commands and the results I received
when I use them:

WARNING : Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning

Here's the results from entering each commands:

command:
    (initramfs) use_lvmetad=0
    
    use[ 280.830329] random: crng init done
    use_lvmetad=0
    (initramfs) update-initramfs -k$(uname -r) -u; sync
    
    Update the initramfs for the current kernel your system uses : 
    sh: update-initramfs: not found
    (initramfs)
    
    
Please direct me to a solution or tell me how to solve this problem,
hoping it is solvable?
THKS!fb
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Please try booting older kernel. (Press ESC when Purism logo disappears to access grub menu, go to Advanced options and select your previous kernel)

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I just received my Librem 15 and after doing some updates (had to purge some video codec because of broken dependencies, cannot remember the specific package and laptop is not booting any more) got the exact same error (BusyBox v1.27.2 and Debian 1:1.27.2-3 so exactly same).

Basically I did :

  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt upgrade
  • sudo apt install plasma-desktop sddm

And rebooted.

Of course I tried all the older 4.16 kernel (recovery and not), also tried to get rid of cryptdevice=UUID=708e0d88-4db9-4713-a5ac-aea1abe6e832:luks-708e0d88-4db9-4713-a5ac-aea1abe6e832 root=/dev/mapper/luks-708e0d88-4db9-4713-a5ac-aea1abe6e832 resume=/dev/mapper/luks-708e0d88-4db9-4713-a5ac-aea1abe6e832 as suggested here directly editing the grub command line.

Nothing is working so far.