Re: [gentoo-user] pvcreate on LUKS container -> 'Device not found'

[J. Roeleveld]

On Wednesday, March 09, 2016 07:10:09 PM Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 02:47:40PM +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > > I’ve never used LVM before, it’s only installed as a dependency for
> > > various
> > > FS tools. Hence, my LVM install is basically pure vanilla. But when I
> > > try to follow those articles, I get:
> > >
> > > kern $ cryptsetup status /dev/mapper/tp
> > > /dev/mapper/tp is active.
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > kern $ pvcreate /dev/mapper/tp
> > >
> > >   /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory
> > >   WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to internal
> > >   scanning.
> > >   Device /dev/mapper/tp not found (or ignored by filtering).
> > >
> > > The filter rule in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf simply says the default:
> > > filter = [ "r|/dev/nbd.*|", "a/.*/" ]
> > > Meaning ‘include everything except /dev/nbd*’.
> >
> > This is the only filter-line in that file?
>
> Yup. I also tried commenting it out, because the in-file docs say that
> having no filter at all means “accept everything”.
>
> > What do you get when running:
> > pvcreate -vv /dev/mapper/tp
> > ?
>
> Well, running out of patience, I took the SSD to work today and set it up
> there on an Ubuntu machine. *g* Afterwards I could access LVM info from
> within a virtual Gentoo system (didn’t try that beforehand).
>
> And now I’m back home and pvdisplay on my PC shows me appropriate
> information. I also just ran pvcreate -ff on my LUKS container with no
> problem. *shrug*

Strange...
Sounds like something not quite right on your PC, but not sure what.

Glad you got past that step though

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Joost