Reinstalling PureOS - Can't get the original disk encryption setup

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Out of the box, my Librem 13 v2 was awesome. Ran the initial setup and had the disk encryption, pre OS load, message prompt for my password.

Hosed a few programs with the upgrade and decided to wipe and start from scratch.

Have the latest download of PureOS and am booting and installing successfully from USB following these directions: https://tracker.pureos.net/w/installation_guide/live_system_installation/ (which doesn’t include disk encryption options)

I seem to either hose the startup by encrypting the wrong directory, so computer won’t boot properly… or I am prompted with a generic terminal message to unencrypt at boot but this still won’t let me enter my password.

How do I get my setup to be just like it was out of the box when I received the librem 13 v2 ?

Thanks!

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Download and “burn” our OEM setup image to your USB drive and start it: https://downloads.puri.sm/oem/2017-09-04/pureos-8.0-oem-amd64.hybrid.iso

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Awesome. Will try that now!

Any tips on how to get right click working with two finger touch?

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Maybe editing xorg config you can modify the behaviour of the touchpad, read this link:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Configuration

“TapButton2” option

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This works for me by default. However, with the out-of-the-tree driver I suggested you, this feature is not available.

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FWIW I ended up installing Fedora because I was having the same issue as the OP. I had purchased my own SSD, so needed to do a fresh install. With PureOS live trying to do full disk encryption resulted in a text-based prompt for password and locked keyboard so the password could not be entered. The only way I could get a partial solution was by doing a manual partition scheme and encrypting /home but leaving / unencrypted. Still a pre-GUI password prompt to decrypt home, but it at least worked. I even tried installing PureOS-OEM but could’t get that to work either.

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Our devs are working on a fix for the issue with encrypted install: https://tracker.pureos.net/T159

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That link throws a 404 error, have you got an updated link as I need to reinstall the OS and put the machine back to factory settings, thanks

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Hi @cameltoe,

The latest link seems to be: https://downloads.puri.sm/oem/gnome/2018-04-08/pureos-8.0-gnome-oem_20180408-amd64.hybrid.iso

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Link for OEM based installation images: http://downloads.puri.sm/oem/gnome/

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I get a 404
can you recommend a different download?

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The link works for me, try again please.

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Thank you

I get an index of oem/gnome
i choose the 2018-04-2016
then a list of

checksums.b2sum
checksums.sha256sum
chroot.files
pureos-8.0-gnome-oem_20180426-amd64.contents
pureos-8.0-gnome-oem_20180426-amd64.files
pureos-8.0-gnome-oem_20180426-amd64.hybrid.iso
pureos-8.0-gnome-oem_20180426-amd64.hybrid.iso…>
pureos-8.0-gnome-oem_20180426-amd64.packages

which one should i choose please?
I’d like to do a fresh install with an encryption

thanks

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You need ISO image. Instructions to “burn” it to a USB device: https://tracker.pureos.net/w/recommendations/#preparing-to-install

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ok
thank you
appreciate your help

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Hi @mladen
I am about to start a reinstall.
Past experiences on this forum shows people lose some functionalities after a clean install.[a lost camera and some touchpad capabilities.]
Before I begin to reinstall pureos oem do you know if such issues have been solved?
Are there any issues I should expect.
Thank you

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Did a new OEM-Install, too - and experienced no problems (except one key wrong on german keyboard - which seems to be a general problem).

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@mladen and @ajlok
Yes I decided to believe that the newer versions will be free from the previous difficulties.
And yes it worked!

I love purism

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