Corrupt sys-usb after VeraCrypt accident

[Cody Smith]

Hey all,

I'm going to love anyone who can assist me. So I have VeraCrypt installed on my sys-usb VM so I can mount my encrypted hard drives and usb sticks. I was encrypting a new USB drive (well I thought it was my USB drive) and then VeraCrypt crashed and sys-usb won't open any apps.

Here is what I know:

• I selected a disk called /x***/**** mounted to /rw on VeraCrypt it was 50GB same as USB (similar so I assumed that was it)
  
• It encrypted and formatted that disk 100%
  
• I noticed the USB was not formatted, so I figured something was wrong
  
• VeraCrypt crashed
  
• Now I can't open any app on sys-usb "files" "terminal" etc
  
• sys-usb still works for k&m and anything I attach to it.
  

Is there a easy way of repairing sys-usb or resetting it?

I looked through all the help and couldn't find any similar issues or request. Any help would be appreciated, thank you all.

Regards,

Cody

[awokd]

'Cody Smith' via qubes-users:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm going to love anyone who can assist me. So I have VeraCrypt installed on my sys-usb VM so I can mount my encrypted hard drives and usb sticks. I was encrypting a new USB drive (well I thought it was my USB drive) and then VeraCrypt crashed and sys-usb won't open any apps.

Can't see how the procedure you describe would permanently affect
sys-usb. Have you rebooted without the problem drive connected? It's not
too painful to recreate a sys-usb qube if needed, but be careful if it
is also handling your usb keyboard and check the related documentation.

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[Ulrich Windl]

On 5/14/21 12:49 PM, 'Cody Smith' via qubes-users wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm going to love anyone who can assist me. So I have VeraCrypt
> installed on my sys-usb VM so I can mount my encrypted hard drives and
> usb sticks. I was encrypting a new USB drive (well I thought it was my
> USB drive) and then VeraCrypt crashed and sys-usb won't open any apps.
>
> Here is what I know:
>

> * I selected a disk called /x***/**** mounted to /rw on VeraCrypt it

> was 50GB same as USB (similar so I assumed that was it)

> * It encrypted and formatted that disk 100%
> * I noticed the USB was not formatted, so I figured something was wrong
> * VeraCrypt crashed
> * Now I can't open any app on sys-usb "files" "terminal" etc
> * sys-usb still works for k&m and anything I attach to it.

>
> Is there a easy way of repairing sys-usb or resetting it?

Welcome to the club: Once I had plugged in to USB sticks, wanting to
backup one to another, when I actually overwrite the original...

In openSUSE Linux there is a rather useful "lscsi" command that gives a
good summary of your (not just "SCSI") block devices (without partitions
or logical devices such as LVM LVs, MD-RAIDs, etc.).

>
> I looked through all the help and couldn't find any similar issues or
> request. Any help would be appreciated, thank you all.

I'm afraid there's nothing left to "repair"; it seems you musr
"re-create" instead.

>
>
> Regards,
> Cody
>
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