140387 2006-07-14 10:14 0000 TrueCrypt does not work with 2.6.18-rc1, fix included 2006-07-15 00:19:31 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Ebuilds 2006.0 All Linux RESOLVED FIXED http://www.truecrypt.org P2 normal --- 1 jva-misc@cute.se crypto@gentoo.org jva-misc@cute.se 2006-07-14 10:14:12 0000 TrueCrypt 4.2a do not support the 2.6.18-rc1 and possible newer versions of the Linux kernel. The problem exists because the kernel developers has changed "drivers/md/dm.h" in the Linux source code. They have changed DMERR. In older kernels DMERR looked like this: #define DMERR(f, x...) printk(KERN_ERR DM_NAME ": " f "\n" , ## x) but has now been changed to: #define DMERR(f, arg...) printk(KERN_ERR DM_NAME ": " DM_MSG_PREFIX ": " f "\n", ## arg) What needs to be done in the TrueCrypt source to make it work with 2.6.18 is to simply add: #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,18) #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "truecrypt" #endif to the top of "Linux/Kernel/Dm-target.c" in the TrueCrypt source code. DM_MSG_PREFIX is used to tell from where the DMERR occured. In this case: truecrypt I've made a patch for TrueCrypt 4.2a, it's available here: http://jdz.cute.se/patches/truecrypt-4.2a_kernel-2.6.18-rc1_fix.patch dragonheart@gentoo.org 2006-07-15 00:19:31 0000 added patch to TrueCrypt 4.2a thanks for the patch.