Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-23 Thread Maxim Wexler
That doesn't answer the question. If support is built as a module, is it loaded? go away, if it was a module it wouldn't work. been there, done it.

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-22 Thread Maxim Wexler
Is sdb an SD device? Is the module loaded? from the OP: I've had this problem before which I traced to the lack of support for SD cards in the kernel. This time it's something else. mw

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 22 November 2009 20:18:17 Maxim Wexler wrote: Is sdb an SD device? Is the module loaded? from the OP: I've had this problem before which I traced to the lack of support for SD cards in the kernel. This time it's something else. That doesn't answer the question. If support is

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-22 Thread Urs Schuetz
Could be baselayout-1. Please take a look at bug #291916 [1] [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/291916 Urs

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either -- FIXED

2009-11-22 Thread Maxim Wexler
IIRC in a thread from a few months ago there was a tip about putting the 'pause secs' command into a certain config file, which I can't recall. Or was it 'delay secs' or 'time secs' ? This was meant for the hardware to catch its breath so to speak and allow the system to find the SD card.

[gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-21 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, Going through a rough patch after a world update. The SD card on my netbook doesn't get mounted, ext2 filesytem not found etc. I've had this problem before which I traced to the lack of support for SD cards in the kernel. This time it's something else. Nothing wrong with the fs, it can

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-21 Thread Steffen Loos
Maxim Wexler schrieb: Hi group, Going through a rough patch after a world update. The SD card on my netbook doesn't get mounted, ext2 filesytem not found etc. I've had this problem before which I traced to the lack of support for SD cards in the kernel. This time it's something else. Nothing

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 21 November 2009 20:48:04 Maxim Wexler wrote: Hi group, Going through a rough patch after a world update. The SD card on my netbook doesn't get mounted, ext2 filesytem not found etc. I've had this problem before which I traced to the lack of support for SD cards in the

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-21 Thread David W Noon
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:10:02 +0100, Maxim Wexler wrote about [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either: [snip] In an earlier post 'device-mapper', somebody suggested installing lvm2 and not using device-mapper but this doesn't work for me -- assuming my problem has anything

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:51 +, David W Noon wrote: The replacement for device-mapper is the updated udev, not lvm2. Wrong! % qfile libdevmapper.so sys-fs/lvm2 (/usr/lib64/libdevmapper.so) sys-fs/lvm2 (/lib64/libdevmapper.so) % qfile /etc/init.d/device-mapper sys-fs/lvm2

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-21 Thread Maxim Wexler
There's your problem right there. Your device-mapper can't work with baselayout-1. So, your options: Upgrade to baselayout-2 and openrc. Done, following http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml No joy. After '*Autoloaded 24 module(s)' in the boot console there's the bit '*lvm uses

Re: [gentoo-user] can't remove device-mapper can't install it either

2009-11-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 22 November 2009 03:40:50 Maxim Wexler wrote: There's your problem right there. Your device-mapper can't work with baselayout-1. So, your options: Upgrade to baselayout-2 and openrc. Done, following http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml No joy. After