Re: [gentoo-user] what is lvmetad?

Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:

> On 28/02/2014 21:12, covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
> > In the newest  lvm, there is something called lvmetad, but it won't
> > start because /run/lvm is missing.  When I created by hand, it then
> > started, but when I then started lvm which would not start without
> > lvmetad, it said lvmetad was started, but disabled.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what is  going on here?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> the ebuild issues an elog:
>
>  * Make sure the "lvm" init script is in the runlevels:
>  * # rc-update add lvm boot
>  *
>  * Make sure to enable lvmetad in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf if you want
>  * to enable lvm autoactivation and metadata caching.
>
>
> Did you notice it and follow it?

I did not ignore, but I could not find where use_lvmetad was and up till
now it never made any difference, but I see where it is.  but lvmetad
would not start at all till I manually created /run/lvm.


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