Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)FIXED

2009-06-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:57:32 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: Except Maxim doesn't want automatic hotplugging, he wants to mount the LV from init scripts. In /etc/rc.conf I uncommented the line rc_hotplug=* on a hunch and it did the trick! That's not the hotplugging Alan was referring to

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED

2009-06-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:32:56 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: Going cuckoo here @!#. I said it was fixed. I uncommented the rc_hotplug line in rc.conf and rebooted and it worked! The volumes were found and mounted. Fantasia! Now I rebooted again having tried to shut of dhcpcd, using rc-update del

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED

2009-06-17 Thread Maxim Wexler
Guess you're right, I don't want hotplugging. I never said you don't want hotplugging. Set rc_hotplug to you said automatic hotplugging; is that something else? !net.* to disable network hotplugging, and add net.lo back to the boot thanks Neil, speeds up the boot process a lot. May I ask

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED

2009-06-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:41:14 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: Guess you're right, I don't want hotplugging. I never said you don't want hotplugging. Set rc_hotplug to you said automatic hotplugging; is that something else? I explained that in my previous post, Alan was referring to

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED

2009-06-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 17 June 2009 17:44:22 Neil Bothwick wrote: I never said you don't want hotplugging. Set rc_hotplug to you said automatic hotplugging; is that something else? I explained that in my previous post, Alan was referring to desktop hotplugging, like mounting removable devices

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED

2009-06-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:14:11 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The fact that it's aligned around desktop users is of no significance here, but looking back, it would be easy to miss that bit. It was where you said I also find in general that rescue systems are not very good at these desktopy

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-17 Thread Maxim Wexler
Locking type 1 initialisation failed googling this finds precious little -- whether spelled with an 's' or a 'z', but check this: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118275#c16 A lot like my situation: the unit boots, the above error flashes by, I log into a crippled system and enter the

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 16 June 2009 02:33:22 Maxim Wexler wrote: With baselayout2 and openrc, you need to explicitly put lvm into the boot Wow! I didn't even realize lvm was in init.d. There's nothing in the doc about it. So I went ahead and added to the boot-level and rebooted. Same as before with

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:33:22 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: How did I only get baselayout-1? I used the latest tarballs. And what init-script should I use? Because the tarballs use stable packages and baselayout-2 is still in testing. FWIW only one device, the SD card, can't be found and it is

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Maxim Wexler
FWIW only one device, the SD card, can't be found and it is listed about 20 times in the boot console before the LVM gives up. Is everything needed to use the SD card compiled into the kernel? As it works after everything is loaded, I suspect not. Look for anything relevant in the output of

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/16/09, Maxim Wexler maxim.wex...@gmail.com wrote: FWIW only one device, the SD card, can't be found and it is listed about 20 times in the boot console before the LVM gives up. Is everything needed to use the SD card compiled into the kernel? As it works after everything is loaded, I

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:52:28 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: Locking type 1 initialisation failed Couldn't find devices with uuid etc... Just a guess, but it could be that it takes a while for the card reader to recognise the card after the module is loaded. I wouldn't put part of an LVM on an SD

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 16 June 2009 17:52:28 Maxim Wexler wrote: FWIW only one device, the SD card, can't be found and it is listed about 20 times in the boot console before the LVM gives up. Is everything needed to use the SD card compiled into the kernel? As it works after everything is loaded, I

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Maxim Wexler
If google or menuconfig's help function doesn't give me an answer in 10 minutes, I boot off Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a usb stick (it's a 1G download), and note which modules it loads and settings it uses for stuff. Boot back into gentoo, configure and build accordingly ... sorted Does it

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 16 June 2009 21:12:06 Maxim Wexler wrote: If google or menuconfig's help function doesn't give me an answer in 10 minutes, I boot off Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a usb stick (it's a 1G download), and note which modules it loads and settings it uses for stuff. Boot back into

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:39:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I also find in general that rescue systems are not very good at these desktopy things, and automagic SD card hotplugging is very much something driven by desktop usage. Try by all means, I just think YMMV. Except Maxim doesn't want

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)FIXED

2009-06-16 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/16/09, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:39:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I also find in general that rescue systems are not very good at these desktopy things, and automagic SD card hotplugging is very much something driven by desktop usage. Try by all

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED

2009-06-16 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/16/09, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:39:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I also find in general that rescue systems are not very good at these desktopy things, and automagic SD card hotplugging is very much something driven by desktop usage. Try by all

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:04:35 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: My fllter in lvm.conf : filter = [ a|/dev/sd[ab]|, r/.*/] which corresponds to my Phison SSD and a 8G SD card. On an Eee 900, the SD card is sdc. When I run the reactivate commands given at the end of the above document all goes well

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Daniel Troeder
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 19:04 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: Hi group, My fresh install of 2.6.29-r5 goes kablooey just after 'Loading module dm-mod' Then the boot console reports: Couldn't find device with uuid 'ldwVeS-gw14-HE42-M3Gw-DILI-Dbjh-2lHroF' and Couldn't find all physical

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/15/09, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:04:35 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: My fllter in lvm.conf : filter = [ a|/dev/sd[ab]|, r/.*/] which corresponds to my Phison SSD and a 8G SD card. On an Eee 900, the SD card is sdc. Nope, sdb, just checked. It goes to

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 15 June 2009 18:51:54 Maxim Wexler wrote: Did you mount -a after activating the VG? Cool! There's all my little dirs. Thanks Neil. But isn't it supposed to do this automaticamente? From the doc: Restart your machine and all partitions should be visible and mounted. Does my

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Maxim Wexler
Have you tried with the default filter filter = [ r|/dev/nbd.*|, a/.*/ ] exact same result. mw

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:51:54 -0600, Maxim Wexler wrote: On an Eee 900, the SD card is sdc. Nope, sdb, just checked. It goes to sdc if you pop it out and push it back in again. So where is the second SSD. This is the 900 you have? WARNING: Ignoring duplicate config node: filter

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Maxim Wexler
With baselayout2 and openrc, you need to explicitly put lvm into the boot Wow! I didn't even realize lvm was in init.d. There's nothing in the doc about it. So I went ahead and added to the boot-level and rebooted. Same as before with (looks like) one addition: ... *The lvm init-script is

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Maxim Wexler
#LVM should normally only be started after mdraid is available #this is because LVM physical volumes are very often MD devices RC_AFTER=mdraid #vim: ft=gentoo-conf-d Well, I don't have mdraid, as far as I know. I'll just comment out that line and see where it leads. mw nowhere wah!

Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-15 Thread Maxim Wexler
So where is the second SSD. This is the 900 you have? 900A, maybe different from yours. Cool! There's all my little dirs. Thanks Neil. But isn't it supposed to do this automaticamente? Yes, but the duplicate filter line is preventing your VGs from being created, so mounting those devices

[gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)

2009-06-14 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, My fresh install of 2.6.29-r5 goes kablooey just after 'Loading module dm-mod' Then the boot console reports: Couldn't find device with uuid 'ldwVeS-gw14-HE42-M3Gw-DILI-Dbjh-2lHroF' and Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group vg. and Volume group vg not found The