Encryption with btrfs

[TauTsar]

Is encrypting the btrfs a non-functional option?

[Eadwine Rose]

have you watched this video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq06PCvJLt0

[TauTsar]

have you watched this video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq06PCvJLt0

I followed that video and had a successful installation:

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Snapshot created on: 20211126_2021
System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-9-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-9-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
           Distro: MX-21_KDE_x64 Wildflower October 20  2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Portable System: Dell product: Latitude 3440 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 8 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: N/A v: A11 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: A11 date: 01/27/2015 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.0 Wh condition: 37.1/41.4 Wh (89%) volts: 16.8/14.8 
           model: SMP-SDI2.8 DELL FW1MN31 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
           Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 serial: <filter> 
           charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-4010U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell family: 6 
           model-id: 45 (69) stepping: 1 microcode: 26 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 13568 
           Speed: 1145 MHz min/max: 800/1600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1145 2: 1197 3: 1011 4: 859 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0a16 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           compositor: kwin_x11 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.5 compat-v: 3.0 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:9c20 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-9-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell 
           driver: ath9k v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 06:00.0 chip ID: 168c:0036 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: r8169 
           v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 07:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-1.6:6 
           chip ID: 0cf3:0036 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 281.60 GiB used: 7.26 GiB (2.6%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 256GB size: 238.47 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 14.48 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 28.64 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 237.05 GiB size: 237.05 GiB (100.00%) used: 7.26 GiB (3.1%) fs: btrfs 
           dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 237.05 GiB size: 237.05 GiB (100.00%) used: 7.26 GiB (3.1%) fs: btrfs 
           dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 1000.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: 28.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 236 Uptime: 1m Memory: 3.75 GiB used: 662.7 MiB (17.3%) Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 
           runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36 

But then I realized I hadn't setup luks encryption. Subsequently multiple reattempted installations fail, trying to use encryption. D_O says somewhere here it doesn't work yet. But a search on the site doesn't provide any info on the matter.