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)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 > desktop

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

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

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

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

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

2009-06-16 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/16/09, Neil Bothwick 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 t

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

2009-06-16 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/16/09, Neil Bothwick 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 t

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 au

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 > > in

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

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

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 S

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

2009-06-16 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/16/09, 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. L

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 out

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 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

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

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 nowh

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 wri

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
> 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 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. >

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

2009-06-15 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/15/09, Neil Bothwick 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 y

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 phy

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

[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 abo