Quoting: Cyba.CowboySorry, maybe I wasn't clear.

This is after my manufacturer logo and before I would normally input my disk encryption passphrase, prior to the operating system loading.

At this point, your kernel is already booting. Try an older kernel, new kernels can do strange things sometimes, so it is still a valid check assuming it's not hardware. Otherwise, the other posters options may help

Quoting: Cyba.Cowboyerror: unexpectedly disconnected from boot status demon

Not sure that I can contribute anything useful to resolving the original problem. I have generally avoided drive encryption exactly because of the potential for problems like this.

Quoting: whizseIt would be interesting to run some SMART checks on the drive and see if you can unlock and mount it from a live USB. Not really sure what tools would be best for that on Pop_OS?

When I had boot issues with my Pop!_OS installation, I was able to use my MintStick (Linux Mint live USB) to troubleshoot and fix the problem. The Mint Team always includes a number of very useful tools for troubleshooting problems on their live USB. In this case, perhaps Disks or GParted might help where SMART data is concerned?

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you all - I've been pretty sick and I'm in the midst of changing jobs.

Quoting: CaldathrasI have generally avoided drive encryption exactly because of the potential for problems like this.

I'm considering doing this in the future, because it just causes too many headaches when something goes pear-shaped... My understanding is that for most "mainstream" distros, the default encryption used isn't all that strong, anyway.


Well, I've had a partial win - using this solution, I was able to decrypt my storage drive from a "live" session... But I can't seem to mount the storage drive using this command (as per the 'Ask Ubuntu' answer ):
udisksctl mount -b /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root

If I had to take a guess, I'd say it's because I'm running Pop!_OS and not Ubuntu; but even when I tried "pop" and "popos", I was given the following errors:
Error looking up object for device /dev/mapper/pop--vg-root
Error looking up object for device /dev/mapper/popos--vg-root

Any ideas what I should use instead of "ubuntu"?

I think that if I can mount the drive from within the "live" session, manually backup the data and then do a "clean" install, I can work around this problem... It's not the perfect solution by any stretch of the imagination, but one which keeps my data safe.

Quoting: Cyba.CowboyIf I had to take a guess, I'd say it's because I'm running Pop!_OS and not Ubuntu; but even when I tried "pop" and "popos", I was given the following errors:

Quoting: Cyba.CowboyAny ideas what I should use instead of "ubuntu"?

I don't use it myself, but just a quick thought: Since Pop!_OS has an underscore in its name, have you tried using "pop_os"?

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