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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "lvm failed to start"
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:32:38
Message-Id: 20120407172839.38657ece@khamul.example.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] "lvm failed to start" by Neil Bothwick
1 On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 11:38:40 +0100
2 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3
4 > On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 02:47:41 -0600, Carlos Sura wrote:
5 >
6 > > > The problem is that it is trying to write to /var/lock, which is
7 > > > on / at this point, rather than /run/lock, which is on a
8 > > > writeable tmpfs.
9 >
10 > > I got this error, and saw a bugfile on Gentoo, just downgrade to
11 > > your previous working version and you will get it working again.
12 >
13 > That bug report also showed the correct solution. There's no need to
14 > downgrade, just change the locking_dir location from /var/lock
15 > to /run/lock. Not only is this simpler and faster, it means another
16 > update can't cause the same problem.
17 >
18 >
19
20 So this makes the how many'eth time you've posted this exact same
21 information to the list this week?
22
23 --
24 Alan McKinnnon
25 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] "lvm failed to start" Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] "lvm failed to start" Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>