Problem with "Protect Your Files With TrueCrypt on Debian"

[ensens]

Hi,

I'm using TrueCrypt 6.1a. I'm using Debian 5 and the kernel is 2.6.26-1-686.
I'm using NTFS-3G driver Version 1.2531. I see that the newest version of the NTFS-3G driver is Release 2009.2.1.
I don't know if my problem is the result of using the older Version 1.2531.

I'm writing because I have two TrueCrypt files formatted as NTFS.
The first is a 20 MB file.
The second is 150 GB file.

In Windows XP I can mount both TrueCrypt files as read-write.

My problem is that in Linux I can't mount both TrueCrypt files as read-write.
I can mount the 20 MB file as read-write. But, I can't mount the 150 GB file read-write. I can only mount the 150 GB file read-only.

Do you think the problem is the NTFS-3G driver is too old? If that's the case I'll need to figure out how to replace the old driver version with the newer driver version.

I looked at http://www.ntfs-3g.org/quality.html and have also read the NTFS-3G Release History but I can't find the solution.

Thank you.

[falko]

Do you see any errors in your logs?

[ensens]

I've never read log files before. But, since you asked for information about my log files I looked at the files in the /var/log directory. And in that directory I saw changes in messages, syslog and debug. Those messages are below.

A) /var/log# tail -f messages
Mar 5 14:04:36 xps400 kernel: [467559.486706] usb 5-7: Product: FreeAgent Go
Mar 5 14:04:36 xps400 kernel: [467559.486706] usb 5-7: Manufacturer: Seagate
Mar 5 14:04:36 xps400 kernel: [467559.486706] usb 5-7: SerialNumber: 5MA0XBAQ
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.719895] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access Seagate FreeAgent Go 100F PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.723896] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.723896] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.727896] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors (160042 MB)
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.727896] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.727896] sdd: sdd1
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.752218] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk
Mar 5 14:12:44 xps400 kernel: [468073.128005] NTFS volume version 3.1.

B) /var/log# tail -f syslog
Mar 5 14:04:42 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279882.010715] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bc2_2000_____________5MA0XBAQ_scsi_host ').
Mar 5 14:04:42 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279882.015751] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bc2_2000_____________5MA0XBAQ_scsi_host _scsi_device_lun0').
Mar 5 14:04:42 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279882.246156] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Seagate_FreeAgent_Go_5MA0XBAQ_0_0') .
Mar 5 14:04:42 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279882.449226] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_825086A95086A40F').
Mar 5 14:07:05 xps400 ntfs-3g[20041]: Version 2009.2.1 integrated FUSE 27
Mar 5 14:07:05 xps400 ntfs-3g[20041]: Mounted /dev/sdd1 (Read-Write, label "New Volume", NTFS 3.1)
Mar 5 14:07:05 xps400 ntfs-3g[20041]: Cmdline options: rw,force
Mar 5 14:07:05 xps400 ntfs-3g[20041]: Mount options: rw,force,silent,allow_other,nonempty,relatime,fsna me=/dev/sdd1,blkdev,blksize=4096
Mar 5 14:12:44 xps400 kernel: [468073.128005] NTFS volume version 3.1.
Mar 5 14:17:01 xps400 /USR/SBIN/CRON[20162]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)

C) /var/log# tail -f debug
Mar 5 14:04:37 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279877.531079] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bc2_2000_____________5MA0XBAQ').
Mar 5 14:04:38 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279878.130516] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bc2_2000_____________5MA0XBAQ_if0').
Mar 5 14:04:38 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279878.138379] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bc2_2000_____________5MA0XBAQ_usbraw').
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.718873] usb-storage: device scan complete
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.723896] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
Mar 5 14:04:41 xps400 kernel: [467564.727896] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 1c 00 00 00
Mar 5 14:04:42 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279882.010715] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bc2_2000_____________5MA0XBAQ_scsi_host ').
Mar 5 14:04:42 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279882.015751] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_bc2_2000_____________5MA0XBAQ_scsi_host _scsi_device_lun0').
Mar 5 14:04:42 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279882.246156] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_Seagate_FreeAgent_Go_5MA0XBAQ_0_0') .
Mar 5 14:04:42 xps400 NetworkManager: <debug> [1236279882.449226] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_825086A95086A40F').

I googled to try to find where, if anywhere, TrueCrypt would store its log files but I wasn't able to find that information.

-B

[falko]

Unfortunately I'm no TrueCrypt expert, and from the logs I can't see anything that gives me a clue what is going wrong.

[ensens]

Hi falko,

That's OK. I appreciate your time and assistance. If I ever figure out the solution I'll update this post.

I switched from Debian 5 to Ubuntu 8.10 and that fixed the problem.

Ubuntu 8.10 is using, ntfs-3g 1.2506 external FUSE 27 - Third Generation NTFS Driver.

-B