Hello all, The installer in Ubuntu 24.04 appears to be unable to detect `/dev/mapper` volumes, which is a significant issue. As unbelievable as it may seem, this problem is confirmed by various forum threads, such as: [Ubuntu 24.04 installer not showing encrypted LVM partitions (LUKS)](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1511...artitions-luks) Does anyone know of a workaround that does not involve installing an older version of Ubuntu and upgrading, or installing on a physical volume, then snapshotting and restoring on an encrypted volume?
Back in May, lots of people discovered this issue, including me. Ubuntu Server doesn't have the new installer, so LUKS+LVM shouldn't be impacted. I don't use LUKS on my servers, but I always use LVM. Just stay away from any Desktop version and it should work fine. Of course, you can choose to use a different distro that makes choices about these things which align with your needs too. I ended up installing Mint 22 on a new-to-me laptop to solve the LUKS+LVM issue. Mint 22.x is based on Ubuntu 24.04, FWIW, just no forced snap packages and LUKS+LVM work as expected.
Okay, thank you for the information. Using the server version as an alternative did not occur to me. I am installing the desktop version on a laptop, but with a bit more effort, the server installer can be used I guess, and a GUI can be added later. I currently use Xfce and Mate flavors. I used Mint some time ago, which was fine, though some things were a bit different. To be cautious, I waited several months for bug fixes before installing 24.04 on a family laptop, and here we are.
I will probably never install 24.04. Too many issues for me and there only 5 months remaining before I need to migrate off 20.04 here. I don't see any Ubuntu distributions meeting my needs, unfortunately. I stopped using normal DEs long ago, but most of my systems are running Ubuntu Server code, just older versions that are still supported. For my window manager, I use fvwm. Nice, light, fast, and extremely customizable. I've been using it since the mid-1990s with about a 10 yr period when I tried to get normal DEs to do what I wanted. Since 2020, all the DEs have been too bloated for my needs, so I purge them. We don't have to accept the stock distros. That really isn't the Linux way. Make YOUR system do what YOU need.
Just tu opposite here, when installing some laptop for a family member I prefer insert USB stick and everything starts working. I am not comfortable to 'tune' it the way as I did in 2010, I would expect distros to be mature in 2024 at least for basic setup. I work with Linux for more than 20 years in my work, I keep resolving problems there, I don't want to reinvent the wheel at home all over again, it is frustrating
Ubuntu Forums Code of Conduct
