This is efi multiboot laptop with Manjaro as the first OS, where Manjaro is installed (May 17, 2026) into 3 partitions: /boot/efi, /root and /home with LUKS encryption. Otherwise Manjaro works OK.
When starting (launching) the system, Manjaro requires to write LUKS password for /home partition twice (two times). Why ? Can I correct it somehow ?
For instance, in Arch Linux once is enough.
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My system in question:
inxi --filter --verbosity=8:
System:
Kernel: 7.0.9-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-7.0-x86_64
root=UUID=ef2aebbd-b3b6-45f3-b70f-275ced4a189b rw quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 50.1 tk: GTK v: 3.24.52 wm: gnome-shell
tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 50.0 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 8570p
v: A1029D1103 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 17A7 v: KBC Version 42.38
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: C5A87EA#AK8 uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: Hewlett-Packard v: 68ICF Ver. F.74 date: 04/11/2019
Memory:
System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.68 GiB used: 2.59 GiB (33.8%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Bottom-Slot 2(under) type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471B5273CH0-YK0 serial: <filter>
Device-2: Bottom-Slot 1(top) type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Kingston part-no: HP16D3LS1KBG/4G serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-3540M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1197 min/max: 1200/3700 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1197 4: 1197 bogomips: 23945
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb
ept erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs
ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx
pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid
x2apic xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
STIBP: conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Thames [Radeon HD
7550M/7570M/7650M] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon v: kernel
alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2 code: Evergreen process: TSMC 32-40nm
built: 2009-15 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, VGA-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6841 class-ID: 0300 temp: 48.0 C
Device-2: Primax HP HD Webcam [Fixed] driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.3:4 chip-ID: 0461:4dfe
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.22 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.11
compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: radeon display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Seiko Epson 0x3659 built: 2012 res: 1600x900
dpi: 118 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.600 y: 0.341 green: x: 0.310 y: 0.561
blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.129 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1600x900, 1440x900, 1280x854, 1280x800, 1280x720, 1152x768,
1024x768, 800x600, 848x480, 720x480, 640x480
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 2
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd r600 platforms: device: 0 drv: r600 device: 1
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: r600 wayland: drv: r600
x11: drv: r600
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 26.0.6-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.51.0 / 7.0.9-1-MANJARO)
device-ID: 1002:6841 memory: 1000 MiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD
6500/6600 / 6700M Series] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa90 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k7.0.9-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.6.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 5020 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 25:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:0082 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom HP Portable SoftSailing driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 4-1.6:3
chip-ID: 0a5c:21e1 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
Device-1: luks-c30867e4-4bea-42f2-9ecc-1d1d22c5fcb4 maj-min: 253:0
type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 25.78 GiB
Components:
p-1: sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 25.78 GiB
Device-2: luks-5a7624e4-ac7b-440f-a670-d6e1e6c3818d maj-min: 253:2
type: LUKS dm: dm-2 size: 72.25 GiB
Components:
p-1: sda6 maj-min: 8:6 size: 72.27 GiB
Device-3: luks-60c8cdcf-f4bc-4888-b572-162701670a72 maj-min: 253:1
type: LUKS dm: dm-1 size: 29.79 GiB
Components:
p-1: sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 29.81 GiB
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 728.44 GiB used: 14.02 GiB (1.9%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0100 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: B1H5 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
size: 57.73 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0000 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 23.44 GiB size: 22.9 GiB (97.71%) used: 12.72 GiB (55.5%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: man_root
uuid: ef2aebbd-b3b6-45f3-b70f-275ced4a189b
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1.95 GiB size: 1.95 GiB (99.80%)
used: 328 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: man_efi
uuid: 6FC1-43C1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 25.78 GiB size: 25.21 GiB (97.78%)
used: 594.6 MiB (2.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
mapped: luks-c30867e4-4bea-42f2-9ecc-1d1d22c5fcb4 label: man_home
uuid: 4f25efaa-0287-44a4-997b-91dae714f286
ID-4: /run/media/user1/2.y raw-size: 29.79 GiB size: 29.16 GiB (97.87%)
used: 2.1 MiB (0.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 253:1
mapped: luks-60c8cdcf-f4bc-4888-b572-162701670a72 label: 2.y
uuid: 2617a82b-6f0b-4976-8bbe-6205f401ecc6
ID-5: /run/media/user1/F3 raw-size: 27.93 GiB size: 27.91 GiB (99.95%)
used: 1.5 MiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 label: F3
uuid: F744-35BD
ID-6: /run/media/user1/kr1 raw-size: 72.25 GiB size: 70.56 GiB (97.65%)
used: 735.1 MiB (1.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-2 maj-min: 253:2
mapped: luks-5a7624e4-ac7b-440f-a670-d6e1e6c3818d label: kr1
uuid: 895e4986-cdcd-4e4d-96d6-4511481f3da8
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.81 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -1 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
uuid: 02b9de2a-d506-4ac0-993a-b89fa2e13b29
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 size: 1000 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: C513-4F3F
ID-2: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 size: 25 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: ddf3f9af-e07b-49c0-8861-de89999abc85
ID-3: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: BC6C-5E84
ID-4: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-5: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 130.15 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: FE066D5D066D1843
ID-6: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 size: 547 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 60469E78469E4F22
ID-7: /dev/sdb5 maj-min: 8:21 size: 2 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: 136e2bce-d546-4c94-86be-7cb96fea531a
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.1:3 info: Validity Sensors VFS491 type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 138a:003d class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-1.3:4 info: Primax HP HD Webcam [Fixed] type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0461:4dfe class-ID: 0e02
serial: <filter>
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-3:2 info: USB OPTICAL MOUSE type: mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 275d:0ba6 class-ID: 0301
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-4:2 info: Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3/G4/SE9 G2/50 Kyson
type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 144mA
chip-ID: 0951:1666 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 4-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-1.6:3 info: Broadcom HP Portable SoftSailing type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 0a5c:21e1 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1282 libs: 369 tools: gnome-software,pamac
pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 270
1: cpu: 34.8% command: kgx pid: 10549 mem: 242.3 MiB (3.0%)
2: cpu: 22.2% command: firefox pid: 6718 mem: 625.7 MiB (7.9%)
3: cpu: 17.5% command: firefox pid: 7099 mem: 545.8 MiB (6.9%)
4: cpu: 9.2% command: gnome-shell pid: 2928 mem: 269.1 MiB (3.4%)
5: cpu: 6.9% command: firefox pid: 7096 mem: 282.1 MiB (3.5%)
Memory top: 5 of 270
1: mem: 780.8 MiB (9.9%) command: firefox pid: 7036 cpu: 6.1%
2: mem: 625.7 MiB (7.9%) command: firefox pid: 6718 cpu: 22.2%
3: mem: 545.8 MiB (6.9%) command: firefox pid: 7099 cpu: 17.5%
4: mem: 436.2 MiB (5.5%) command: firefox pid: 7225 cpu: 0.8%
5: mem: 282.1 MiB (3.5%) command: firefox pid: 7096 cpu: 6.9%
Info:
Processes: 270 Power: uptime: 41m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 2.99 GiB services: gsd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 260 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kgx inxi: 3.3.40
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Thank you for good instructions !
I opened the link and tried to adjust my installation as advised in items 7.1.1 and 7.3.
The 1st command for item 7.1.1 (i.e. ‘‘sudo printf ‘%s’ …’’) did not allow me to proceed. So, instead I used sudo nano /etc/cryptsetup-keys.d/keyfile.key to create the keyfile.key file and to write and save my passphrase into this file.
Then I added the keyfile.key into LUKS cryptsetup as advised in item 7.3 and rebooted. The result: This Manjaro installation still requires /home password twice.
[ I found this source of info in Issue · GitHub advising to 1.) open /etc/crypttab and 2.) replace the luks field none with /crypto_keyfile.bin, 3.) run dracut to rebuild initrd and 4.) reboot. I’ve not tried this method since it covers other distribution. ]
Today (3.5.26) at 1st I dismantled from the system my keyfile.key changes and tried then to repair booting as advised for Mandriva: 1.) I opened /etc/crypttab and 2.) replaced the luks field none with */crypto_keyfile.bin, 3.) run mkinitcpio -g initramfs-7.0-x86.img ==>> resulting with
‘’ '… Initcpio image generation successful
==> Running post hooks
-> Running post hook: [sbctl]
Secureboot key directory doesn't exist, not signing!
==> Post processing done. ‘’
After reboot Manjaro asks password twice.