[Joe321]

System Specs

Operating System – Linux Lite	Linux Lite 8.0
CPU / Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
Memory (RAM)	16 GB
Storage	NVMe SSD
Graphics (GPU)	amd radeon vega mobile
Network device	MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [Filogic 330] [14c3:7961]

I try to install LL8.0 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T14s Gen 2.

Secure BIOS is disabled.
LL8.0 image created by Etcher.
I try a clean install: "erase" - swap (no hibernate), encrypted, only LL8.0 (no dual boot).
System creates 3 partitions:
- EFI system - FAT32
- rootfs - LUKS
- swap - LUKS


During install, I end up with this error message:
The bootloader could not be installed. The installation command <pre>grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=Linux_Lite --force</pre> returned error code 1.


I tried on 2 different SSD drives in the same laptop with same results (first drive had Win11 on it, the second drive was completely empty).
I tried again on a Lenovo M715Q-MT with Ryzen 5 2400GE with same error message. Later smooth install of LL7.8 on this machine.

I tried Valtam's suggestion to update Calamares:
"New Calamares build uploaded.

Boot the Live ISO. Then:

Code:

Code:

apt download calamares-settings-linuxlite

Code:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Start the installer, let me know how you get on. "

At first, the terminal wouldn't take it (no sources available). I had to manually update Lite Sources.
It then accepted to update Calamares. I then tried a new install, and this time got a simple error message "Installation failed", no further code or information.


On the T14s only, I tried Serban S solution to first install LL 7.8 (which went fine), then from there upgrade to LL 8.0.
What I ended up with was weird, everything looked like LL8.0 (new desktop, theme, software ...), but the new "About Lite" would still say it's running LL7.8, and I still have Chrome as default browser ... like if I was stuck somewhere in between both versions.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.




Edit:
I tried a 5th (or6th?) time to install from Live USB, and it worked. I noticed later that it's because I forgot to tick "encrypt" during install.
So it may be something related with encryption.
Upon realizing my mistake, I tried to reinstall again from Live USB (remembering to tick "encrypt" this time), and got a new error message:
"The installer failed to create partition on disk ...

Create a new partition (512.00 MiB, fat32) on ‘/dev/nvme0n1’


Job: Create new partition on device ‘/dev/nvme0n1’


Command: sfdisk --force --append /dev/nvme0n1


Command: sfdisk --list --output Device,UUID /dev/nvme0n1


Job: Create file system ‘fat32’ on partition ‘/dev/nvme0n1p1’


Command: mkfs.fat -F32 -I -v /dev/nvme0n1p1


Command: sfdisk --part-type /dev/nvme0n1 1 EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7


Job: Set the file system label on partition ‘/dev/nvme0n1p1’ to ""

Setting label for partition ‘/dev/nvme0n1p1’ to


Command: fatlabel /dev/nvme0n1p1 -r


Job: Check file system on partition ‘/dev/nvme0n1p1’


Command: fsck.fat -a -w -v /dev/nvme0n1p1


--- Diagnostic state at failure ---
lsblk:
NAME FSTYPE MOUNTPOINT SIZE UUID
loop0 squashfs /rofs 2.2G
sda iso9660 7.5G 2026-05-30-23-44-31-00
|-sda1 iso9660 /cdrom 2.4G 2026-05-30-23-44-31-00
|-sda2 vfat 5M 73B7-988D
`-sda3 ext4 /var/crash 5.1G 920c1307-ebe3-45f6-841e-108163a1b2ad
zram0 0B
nvme0n1 476.9G
`-nvme0n1p1 vfat /run/media/linux/7454-DA07 512M 7454-DA07
dmesg tail:
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] Modules linked in: qrtr(E) cmac(E) algif_hash(E) algif_skcipher(E) af_alg(E) bnep(E) snd_acp_legacy_mach(E) snd_acp_mach(E) snd_soc_nau8821(E) snd_soc_dmic(E) snd_acp3x_rn(E) snd_acp3x_pdm_dma(E) snd_sof_amd_acp70(E) snd_sof_amd_acp63(E) snd_sof_amd_vangogh(E) snd_sof_amd_rembrandt(E) snd_sof_amd_renoir(E) snd_sof_amd_acp(E) snd_sof_pci(E) snd_sof_xtensa_dsp(E) snd_sof(E) snd_sof_utils(E) amdgpu(E) uvcvideo(E) videobuf2_vmalloc(E) uvc(E) snd_pci_ps(E) videobuf2_memops(E) videobuf2_v4l2(E) videobuf2_common(E) videodev(E) mc(E) snd_soc_acpi_amd_match(E) snd_soc_acpi_amd_sdca_quirks(E) snd_amd_sdw_acpi(E) btusb(E) soundwire_amd(E) soundwire_generic_allocation(E) soundwire_bus(E) btmtk(E) btrtl(E) btbcm(E) btintel(E) snd_soc_sdca(E) snd_soc_core(E) bluetooth(E) snd_compress(E) ac97_bus(E) snd_pcm_dmaengine(E) amd_atl(E) amdxcp(E) drm_panel_backlight_quirks(E) gpu_sched(E) drm_buddy(E) drm_exec(E) drm_suballoc_helper(E) snd_hda_codec_alc269(E) drm_display_helper(E) cec(E) mt7921e(E) rc_core(E)
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib(E) snd_hda_scodec_component(E) snd_hda_codec_generic(E) i2c_algo_bit(E) intel_rapl_msr(E) mt7921_common(E) mt792x_lib(E) snd_hda_codec_atihdmi(E) mt76_connac_lib(E) intel_rapl_common(E) mt76(E) snd_rpl_pci_acp6x(E) snd_hda_codec_hdmi(E) mac80211(E) snd_acp_pci(E) snd_hda_intel(E) snd_ctl_led(E) snd_amd_acpi_mach(E) snd_acp_legacy_common(E) cfg80211(E) snd_hda_codec(E) snd_hda_core(E) snd_intel_dspcfg(E) snd_intel_sdw_acpi(E) snd_hwdep(E) edac_mce_amd(E) libarc4(E) snd_pci_acp6x(E) kvm_amd(E) snd_pci_acp5x(E) snd_pcm(E) kvm(E) irqbypass(E) thinkpad_acpi(E) snd_timer(E) binfmt_misc(E) snd_rn_pci_acp3x(E) nvram(E) think_lmi(E) snd_acp_config(E) snd_soc_acpi(E) input_leds(E) joydev(E) k10temp(E) rapl(E) wmi_bmof(E) amd_pmc(E) i2c_piix4(E) firmware_attributes_class(E) snd_pci_acp3x(E) mac_hid(E) ccp(E) i2c_smbus(E) vmwgfx(E) drm_ttm_helper(E) ttm(E) lp(E) ppdev(E) parport_pc(E) msr(E) parport(E) efi_pstore(E) nfnetlink(E) dmi_sysfs(E) autofs4(E) overlay(E) isofs(E) nls_iso8859_1(E)
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] uas(E) usb_storage(E) hid_logitech_hidpp(E) snd(E) hid_multitouch(E) soundcore(E) psmouse(E) platform_profile(E) sparse_keymap(E) ghash_clmulni_intel(E) serio_raw(E) ucsi_acpi(E) i2c_hid_acpi(E) video(E) i2c_hid(E) typec_ucsi(E) nvme(E) typec(E) nvme_core(E) r8169(E) thunderbolt(E) nvme_keyring(E) wmi(E) nvme_auth(E) xhci_pci_renesas(E) realtek(E) hkdf(E) sp5100_tco(E) hid_logitech_dj(E) hid_generic(E) usbhid(E) hid(E) aesni_intel(E)
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 98 Comm: kworker/1:1 Tainted: G E 7.0.0-linuxlite #1 PREEMPT(full)
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] Hardware name: LENOVO 20XGS0M800/20XGS0M800, BIOS R1NET67W (1.37) 04/16/2026
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] Workqueue: events drm_fb_helper_damage_work
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] RIP: 0010:drm_crtc_wait_one_vblank+0x19d/0x200
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] Code: 48 85 db 74 7a 48 8b 7b 08 4c 8b 67 50 4d 85 e4 75 03 4c 8b 27 e8 a3 4b ec ff 48 8d 3d 1c f1 bd 01 44 89 e9 4c 89 e2 48 89 c6 <67> 48 0f b9 3a 44 89 ee 48 89 df 41 bf 92 ff ff ff e8 9d fc ff ff
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] RSP: 0018:ffffcfab80493d70 EFLAGS: 00010246
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] RAX: ffffffffc29d78ca RBX: ffff8dff8de00010 RCX: 0000000000000000
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] RDX: ffff8dff811e1370 RSI: ffffffffc29d78ca RDI: ffffffffb92f7a80
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] RBP: ffffcfab80493dd0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8dff811e1370
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000000000022f R15: 0000000000000000
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e02a52a9000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] CR2: 0000754999523cd4 CR3: 000000006a444000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] PKRU: 55555554
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] Call Trace:
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] <TASK>
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] drm_client_modeset_wait_for_vblank+0x63/0x80
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] drm_fb_helper_damage_work+0x89/0x1a0
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] process_one_work+0x199/0x3c0
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] worker_thread+0x19d/0x340
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] kthread+0xf7/0x130
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ret_from_fork+0x29d/0x330
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] </TASK>
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[Tue Jul 14 12:49:55 2026] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:04 2026] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:04 2026] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:04 2026] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:19 2026] audit: type=1400 audit(1784051419.544:3): apparmor="DENIED" operation="change_onexec" class="file" info="label not found" error=-2 profile="unconfined" name="ubuntu_pro_apt_news" pid=5436 comm="(python3)"
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:19 2026] audit: type=1400 audit(1784051419.619:4): apparmor="DENIED" operation="change_onexec" class="file" info="label not found" error=-2 profile="unconfined" name="ubuntu_pro_esm_cache" pid=5438 comm="(python3)"
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:28 2026] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:400A.0003: HID++ 2.0 device connected.
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, quota, no debug enabled
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] QNX4 filesystem 0.2.3 registered.
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] raid6: avx2x4 gen() 34038 MB/s
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] raid6: avx2x2 gen() 34182 MB/s
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] raid6: avx2x1 gen() 27836 MB/s
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] raid6: using algorithm avx2x2 gen() 34182 MB/s
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] raid6: .... xor() 31822 MB/s, rmw enabled
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] raid6: using avx2x2 recovery algorithm
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:35 2026] xor: automatically using best checksumming function avx
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:36 2026] Btrfs loaded, zoned=yes, fsverity=yes
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:46 2026] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p2): orphan cleanup on readonly fs
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:46 2026] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p2): mounted filesystem 898b4919-fb69-492f-904f-cd33486cc0e2 ro without journal. Quota mode: none.
[Tue Jul 14 12:50:52 2026] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p2): unmounting filesystem 898b4919-fb69-492f-904f-cd33486cc0e2.
[Tue Jul 14 12:51:57 2026] nvme0n1:
[Tue Jul 14 12:52:04 2026] nvme0n1: p1
[Tue Jul 14 12:52:08 2026] nvme0n1: p1

[valtam]

Thank you for the detailed report, developers love seeing this level of information.

I'll look into this and report back to you.

[valtam]

Good news: both errors you hit are already known and fixed. You actually diagnosed the main one yourself when you noticed the install only succeeded with Encrypt unticked.

Here’s what was going on:

1. grub-install ... error code 1 (encrypted installs) — Calamares wasn’t setting up the LUKS boot chain, so GRUB had no way to embed the crypto modules it needs to read /boot from inside the encrypted root. That’s the exit code 1. If you’d pushed past it, it would have dropped to a BusyBox/initramfs prompt for the same reason. Fixed.

2. “failed to create partition” (mkfs.fat/fsck.fat) — the live session was auto-mounting the EFI partition the instant Calamares created it, before it could be formatted. You can see it in your own log: nvme0n1p1 vfat /run/media/linux/7454-DA07 already mounted. Also fixed.

The Calamares build you dpkg-i’d earlier was an interim one — it cleared the partition problem, which is why the second attempt got further and just said “Installation failed” with no code, but it didn’t yet contain the encryption fix. The version that fixes everything is calamares-settings-linuxlite 8.0-0110.
To grab it, boot the Live USB, open a terminal, refresh Lite Sources, then:

Code:

apt download calamares-settings-linuxlite

Code:

sudo dpkg -i calamares-settings-linuxlite_8.0-0110-linuxlite_all.deb

Since you’ve been through several failed attempts, wipe the target drive first so no leftover EFI partition confuses things:

Code:

sudo wipefs -a /dev/nvme0n1

Then start the installer and do your clean, encrypted install as before. That should go through cleanly now.

Two things not to worry about:

• The amdgpu/drm_crtc_wait_one_vblank trace in your log is a harmless kernel warning on your Vega graphics during the console switch — it recovers on its own and has nothing to do with the install failing.

• I’d skip the “install 7.8 then upgrade” route for now — that’s what left you half-way between versions (About still showing 7.8, Chrome still default). A clean 8.0 install with the updated Calamares is the way to go.

Let me know how you get on.

[Joe321]

Hi Jerry, thanks for your help here.
I followed your 3 steps. 
I had some difficulties with the second command ("no such file or directory", then "permission denied"), but managed to get it to work.

The install ended up with the error message "Installation failed" no code, no info.
I decided to ignore it and restart thinking that's what you meant by "pushed past it".

Upon boot, I'm asked for my encryption password (for the first time), it accepts it, unfortunately, It then get stuck by the spinning feather screen. (I tried to boot twice, and waited for around 20 mins each time to no avail).

[valtam]

Hi Joe. I'll need the installation log if you don't mind performing another installation. The log is here:

Code:

root/.cache/calamares/session.log

Zip it and attach it to your next post please.

[Joe321]

Hi Jerry, here is the log.
It took me forever to find it, then I couldn't copy/paste it even in admin mode with all permissions on Read and write, so I opened it and copy/pasted the content into an empty file. I hope it works for you as intended
Thanks.

[Şerban S.]

Hi Jerry, here is the log.
It took me forever to find it, then I couldn't copy/paste it even in admin mode with all permissions on Read and write, so I opened it and copy/pasted the content into an empty file. I hope it works for you as intended
Thanks.

Hi!

I read the logfile.
As far as I could understand, the error shows from Line 1040 and it states that the system was unable to unmount the encrypted partitions.
Anyway, the setup went as far as partitioning the system as required, set up the user, user pwd,  the autologin option and wrote the bootloader into /boot/efi (FAT32) partition.
It also started the LL slideshow. I assume that the files were copied and post-install settings were made.
After this point, there was the attempt to unmount the (encrypted) partitions and the error ocured.
I never used such a scenario so I can't figure out why the unmount command failed ("Device or resource busy").
The message means that there were still write operations ongoing or at some point something went wrong and the system entered a loop write or read and kept the device busy, preventing the execution of the "umount".
The only cause I see here, is a bad sector (cluster?) on one of the encrypted devices. This usually triggers a read loop that might keep the device busy, thus the error "Installation failed: "Could not close encrypted partition on the target system." " was triggered.
Maybe there is someone here who knows what can cause the "umount" failure.
The log says that the encryption password was saved and used successfully at some point.

Finally, the question is:

How reliable is the target medium?
You need to start the GParted Live and perform a full check of the drive.
You might also need to use GSmartcontrol to perform a diagnostic on the drive.
Without knowing the state of the drive, it is unlikely to discover what happens.
We need to rule out the "Bad sectors" scenario in order to go beyond that error.

Best regards!

[Joe321]

Hi Serban, 

I couldn't figure out how to get GParted to check the drive.
I installed Gsmartcontrol and ran the extended self-test, result bellow.

FYI, I have tried to install LL8.0 on a total of 3 different drives inside 2 different machine.
I remember having used the built-in Lenovo drive health check utility in the BIOS when I just got the laptop (meaning the previous/first SSD drive in this machine), no error were found.
Bellow is the result of Gsmartcontrol on the second SSD drive that is currently in the laptop.

Code:

{   "json_format_version": [     1,     0   ],   "smartctl": {     "version": [       7,       5     ],     "pre_release": false,     "svn_revision": "5714",     "platform_info": "x86_64-linux-7.0.0-linuxlite",     "build_info": "(local build)",     "argv": [       "smartctl",       "--xall",       "--json=o",       "/dev/nvme0"     ],     "output": [       "smartctl 7.5 2025-04-30 r5714 [x86_64-linux-7.0.0-linuxlite] (local build)",       "Copyright (C) 2002-25, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org",       "",       "=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===",       "Model Number:                      SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1",       "Serial Number:                      S3WTNA0K918419",       "Firmware Version:                  EXA72H1Q",       "PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID:            0x144d",       "IEEE OUI Identifier:                0x002538",       "Total NVM Capacity:                512,110,190,592 [512 GB]",       "Unallocated NVM Capacity:          0",       "Controller ID:                      4",       "NVMe Version:                      1.2",       "Number of Namespaces:              1",       "Namespace 1 Size/Capacity:          512,110,190,592 [512 GB]",       "Namespace 1 Utilization:            46,797,799,424 [46.7 GB]",       "Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size:    512",       "Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64:            002538 898107bd2b",       "Local Time is:                      Fri Jul 17 09:38:58 2026 NZST",       "Firmware Updates (0x16):            3 Slots, no Reset required",       "Optional Admin Commands (0x0017):  Security Format Frmw_DL Self_Test",       "Optional NVM Commands (0x001f):    Comp Wr_Unc DS_Mngmt Wr_Zero Sav/Sel_Feat",       "Log Page Attributes (0x03):        S/H_per_NS Cmd_Eff_Lg",       "Maximum Data Transfer Size:        512 Pages",       "Warning  Comp. Temp. Threshold:    81 Celsius",       "Critical Comp. Temp. Threshold:    82 Celsius",       "",       "Supported Power States",       "St Op    Max  Active    Idle  RL RT WL WT  Ent_Lat  Ex_Lat",       " 0 +    7.02W      -        -    0  0  0  0        0      0",       " 1 +    6.30W      -        -    1  1  1  1        0      0",       " 2 +    3.50W      -        -    2  2  2  2        0      0",       " 3 -  0.0760W      -        -    3  3  3  3      210    1200",       " 4 -  0.0050W      -        -    4  4  4  4    2000    8000",       "",       "Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1)",       "Id Fmt  Data  Metadt  Rel_Perf",       " 0 +    512      0        0",       " 1 -    4096      0        0",       "",       "=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===",       "SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED",       "",       "SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02, NSID 0xffffffff)",       "Critical Warning:                  0x00",       "Temperature:                        43 Celsius",       "Available Spare:                    100%",       "Available Spare Threshold:          5%",       "Percentage Used:                    3%",       "Data Units Read:                    135,216,330 [69.2 TB]",       "Data Units Written:                53,464,996 [27.3 TB]",       "Host Read Commands:                2,668,010,087",       "Host Write Commands:                1,520,099,522",       "Controller Busy Time:              5,782",       "Power Cycles:                      2,004",       "Power On Hours:                    3,910",       "Unsafe Shutdowns:                  105",       "Media and Data Integrity Errors:    0",       "Error Information Log Entries:      2,593",       "Warning  Comp. Temperature Time:    0",       "Critical Comp. 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[valtam]

Hi Joe,

Thanks for sending through the installer log — it pinned the problem down exactly, and it turned out to be a good-news / bad-news situation.

The good news: your install is actually getting almost all the way to the finish. The log shows the bootloader installed cleanly (no more “error code 1”), the encrypted root and swap were set up, the initramfs was built and your user account created — everything that matters is written to disk.

The bad news is right at the very last step. When Calamares finishes, it tidies up by closing the encrypted partitions it opened during the install — but it was closing the encrypted swap without switching it off first, so the kernel still had it in use and the close failed:

Code:

device-mapper: remove ioctl on luks-9779... failed: Device or resource busy Could not close encrypted partition on the target system.

Because that final cleanup step errored, Calamares declared the whole install “failed” — even though the system on disk was already complete. So it was really a false alarm at the finish line, and it only hits encrypted installs that use swap. That is also why your unencrypted installs went through fine.

I’ve fixed it in calamares-settings-linuxlite 8.0-0120: the installer now switches the encrypted swap off before closing it, so the cleanup completes normally. The change does nothing on unencrypted installs, so no other setups are affected.

To pick it up, boot the Live USB but don’t launch the installer yet:

1.  Open a terminal and run:

Code:

sudo apt update apt download calamares-settings-linuxlite sudo dpkg -i calamares-settings-linuxlite_8.0-0120*.deb

2.  Your earlier attempts left partial encrypted headers on the drive, so wipe them first for a clean start (check with lsblk that /dev/nvme0n1 really is the internal drive):

Code:

sudo wipefs -a /dev/nvme0n1

3.  Launch the installer and run through it as normal with Encrypt system ticked.

One more thing you spotted in the log — the amdgpu ... drm_crtc_wait_one_vblank backtrace. That one is harmless: it’s a known cosmetic kernel warning on your Ryzen’s Vega graphics when the console switches modes, it self-recovers (“end trace”), and it has nothing to do with the install failing. You can safely ignore it.

Give that a go and let me know how you get on.

Cheers,
Jerry

[Şerban S.]

[...]
The bad news is right at the very last step. When Calamares finishes, it tidies up by closing the encrypted partitions it opened during the install — but it was closing the encrypted swap without switching it off first, so the kernel still had it in use and the close failed[...]

Thanks @Jerry for the detailed explanation!
Yet, I had some questions regarding the use of SWAP. (I have 16 GB of RAM...).

Code:

device-mapper: remove ioctl on luks-9779... failed: Device or resource busy Could not close encrypted partition on the target system.

Now, I was confused. At first, when I saw the lines above I didn't understand why would the installer use the SWAP...

So I re-read the first lines of the session.log to check the amount of RAM: I found 2 GB and a little further on, "Recommended SWAP size 8 GB".
That cleared up the things. Kernel had to use SWAP in order to go on with the install.

The most relevant idea I found here is:

[...]I’ve fixed it in calamares-settings-linuxlite 8.0-0120: the installer now switches the encrypted swap off before closing it, so the cleanup completes normally. [...]

Thanks again for the detailed explanations! That will help me pinpoint any further trouble regarding the Radeon 480 M chipset, although it seems the trouble has been solved. As it looks so far...

Best regards!