Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)FIXED
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 (desktop automounting) but the udev hotplugging. It's odd that forcing the modules to load didn't have the same effect, but the main thing is it now works. -- Neil Bothwick I doubt therefore I might be. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED
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 net.lo because I'd rather do that manually, but not only do the volumes not mount, dhcpcd is still running and taking its own sweet time finding out there is no net service available at this location unless it involves a phone line. Guess you're right, I don't want hotplugging. I never said you don't want hotplugging. Set rc_hotplug to !net.* to disable network hotplugging, and add net.lo back to the boot runlevel, you really don't want to disable that, and it doesn't need DHCP. -- Neil Bothwick Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED
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 where you got that? It's not in man rc.conf. mw
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED
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 desktop hotplugging, like mounting removable devices when they are connected, a completely different use of the same word. !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 where you got that? It's not in man rc.conf. It's in the comments in the original file. -- Neil Bothwick Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED
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 when they are connected, a completely different use of the same word. The only reason I brought up a desktop system is that I've found Ubuntu to be a very reliable distro for finding out which *kernel modules* are actually needed - because it does convenient automagic stuff and does it right. 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. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED
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 things, and automagic SD card hotplugging is very much something driven by desktop usage. This isn't about hotplugging or mounting the card, which is very desktopy, it stays in place,but hotplugging/autoloading the driver for the card slot. -- Neil Bothwick Everybody needs a little love sometime; stop hacking and fall in love! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 two commands #vgchange -a y and #mount -a, and everything's fine. Then in comment #19 the poster mentions using the lvm2 option in the genkernel. Well, there's no such option in the 2.6.29 kernel. Is there some way to pass the two commands, vgchange and mount as options to dm-mod? In /etc/conf.d/modules, lvm? Or, is this a bad idea altogether? mw
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 (looks like) one addition: ... *The lvm init-script is written for baselayout-2! [!!] *Please do not use it with baselayout-1! So I removed lvm from boot level and just did a static /etc/init.d/lvm start and got the exact msg as above. ... How did I only get baselayout-1? I used the latest tarballs. And what init-script should I use? 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. Hold on, here's /etc/conf.d/lvm: #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. Here's something to check: By the time lvm wants to start during boot on that machine, is the SD card actually available yet? It needs drivers and such to be loaded and initialized first. dmesg should list if that step has been completed first. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 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 lsmod after the system loads and the card is working, then either add those modules to the autoload file, or build them into the kernel. -- Neil Bothwick Save energy: Drive a smaller shell. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 lsmod after the system loads and the card is working, then either add those modules to the autoload file, or build them into the kernel. One step forward, two steps back. The missing module is mmc_block which I added to the file /etc/conf.d/modules(I upgraded to baselayout-2 thinking this would help). Did no good. I see dm-mod and mmc_block getting loaded alright and then just after 'Setting up the Logical Volume Manager': Locking type 1 initialisation failed Couldn't find devices with uuid etc... mw
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 suspect not. Look for anything relevant in the output of lsmod after the system loads and the card is working, then either add those modules to the autoload file, or build them into the kernel. One step forward, two steps back. The missing module is mmc_block which I added to the file /etc/conf.d/modules(I upgraded to baselayout-2 thinking this would help). Did no good. I see dm-mod and mmc_block getting loaded alright and then just after 'Setting up the Logical Volume Manager': Locking type 1 initialisation failed Couldn't find devices with uuid etc... mw Come to think of it, it couldn't have been the module. Old udev loaded it automatically, it was there all the time, I could still mount the volumes by hand. Now that i've 'migrated' have to specify the module in the new modules file or modprobe it manually. But I can still mount the volumes and execute commands. mw
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 card though, they are too unreliable. I do have an SD card mounted from /etc/fstab though, and it doesn't have any problems, although there was a time when it wouldn't mount that early in the boot sequence. -- Neil Bothwick The people who are wrapped up in themselves are overdressed. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 suspect not. Look for anything relevant in the output of lsmod after the system loads and the card is working, then either add those modules to the autoload file, or build them into the kernel. One step forward, two steps back. The missing module is mmc_block which I added to the file /etc/conf.d/modules(I upgraded to baselayout-2 thinking this would help). Did no good. I see dm-mod and mmc_block getting loaded alright and then just after 'Setting up the Logical Volume Manager': Locking type 1 initialisation failed Couldn't find devices with uuid etc... My unorthodox but highly effective way to resolve issues like this: 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 -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 provide more info than sysrescuecd-1.2? mw
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 gentoo, configure and build accordingly ... sorted Does it provide more info than sysrescuecd-1.2? I don't know that product so I have to say I don't know :-) I suppose any full fledged desktop LiveCD distro is good enough for this, I prefer Ubuntu Remix as it's written for netbooks with all the odd peculiar things that put in the hardware. 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. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 automatic hotplugging, he wants to mount the LV from init scripts. -- Neil Bothwick But I thought YOU did the backups... signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)FIXED
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 means, I just think YMMV. 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! mw
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)NOT-FIXED
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 means, I just think YMMV. Except Maxim doesn't want automatic hotplugging, he wants to mount the LV from init scripts. 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 net.lo because I'd rather do that manually, but not only do the volumes not mount, dhcpcd is still running and taking its own sweet time finding out there is no net service available at this location unless it involves a phone line. Guess you're right, I don't want hotplugging. Another strangeness: under init.d the two links depscan.sh and runscript.sh came up as broken(flashing red) when the volumes WERE mounted and now that they ARE NOT mounted the links are intact. Defies logic :-(
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 except for: WARNING: Ignoring duplicate config node: filter (seeking filter) Do you have two filter lines in the config? Only one is used. But /usr /home /tmp /opt are still empty and /var has only lib and lock below it. Did you mount -a after activating the VG? -- Neil Bothwick I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 volumes for volume group vg. and Volume group vg not found The above repeat several times until: 'Failed to setup the LVM'. Then off course fsck.ext2 complains it can't find /dev/vg/usr and so on... My fllter in lvm.conf : filter = [ a|/dev/sd[ab]|, r/.*/] which corresponds to my Phison SSD and a 8G SD card. In /etc/fstab the logical volumes are listed like: /dev/vg/usr /usr ext2 noatime 0 2 # etc as per 'Gentoo LVM2 installation' When I run the reactivate commands given at the end of the above document all goes well except for: WARNING: Ignoring duplicate config node: filter (seeking filter) But /usr /home /tmp /opt are still empty and /var has only lib and lock below it. The good news: it boots and lets me log in ;) Maxim Hello :) Have you tried with the default filter filter = [ r|/dev/nbd.*|, a/.*/ ] to be on the safe side? Are you sure, that at the moment the script runs, the devices are accessible? Maybe a module needs to load before dm-mod loads? Bye, Daniel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 sdc if you pop it out and push it back in again. When I run the reactivate commands given at the end of the above document all goes well except for: WARNING: Ignoring duplicate config node: filter (seeking filter) Do you have two filter lines in the config? Only one is used. Bingo! But /usr /home /tmp /opt are still empty and /var has only lib and lock below it. 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 particular setup require further tweaking? Should I be placing the activate plus mount commands into some conf file? mw -- Neil Bothwick I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 particular setup require further tweaking? Should I be placing the activate plus mount commands into some conf file? With baselayout2 and openrc, you need to explicitly put lvm into the boot runlevel. It then runs vgchange -a y to make your volumes visible. After that, they will be mounted from /etc/fstab as normal. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
Have you tried with the default filter filter = [ r|/dev/nbd.*|, a/.*/ ] exact same result. mw
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 (seeking filter) Do you have two filter lines in the config? Only one is used. Bingo! But /usr /home /tmp /opt are still empty and /var has only lib and lock below it. 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? Yes, but the duplicate filter line is preventing your VGs from being created, so mounting those devices fails. Fix lvm.conf and it should all work. -- Neil Bothwick Confucius say : He who play in root, eventually kill tree! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 written for baselayout-2! [!!] *Please do not use it with baselayout-1! So I removed lvm from boot level and just did a static /etc/init.d/lvm start and got the exact msg as above. ... How did I only get baselayout-1? I used the latest tarballs. And what init-script should I use? 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. Hold on, here's /etc/conf.d/lvm: #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
Re: [gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
#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)
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 fails. Fix lvm.conf and it should all work. No, all it did was remove the warning. All the other errors are the same. As I mentioned up-thread, the content of filter line appears to be irrelevant. But if there is more than one, then the LVM complains about that in addition to everything else. mw
[gentoo-user] lvm problem(s)
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 above repeat several times until: 'Failed to setup the LVM'. Then off course fsck.ext2 complains it can't find /dev/vg/usr and so on... My fllter in lvm.conf : filter = [ a|/dev/sd[ab]|, r/.*/] which corresponds to my Phison SSD and a 8G SD card. In /etc/fstab the logical volumes are listed like: /dev/vg/usr /usr ext2 noatime 0 2 # etc as per 'Gentoo LVM2 installation' When I run the reactivate commands given at the end of the above document all goes well except for: WARNING: Ignoring duplicate config node: filter (seeking filter) But /usr /home /tmp /opt are still empty and /var has only lib and lock below it. The good news: it boots and lets me log in ;) Maxim
