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by **bud** » Aug 11th, '12, 19:41

Hi,
Thanks for the reply and sorry about the delay in my reply.

tom_ wrote:I can see listed the boot filesystem but not the /home filesystem (which is in a different filesystem).

Later, it seems you have problem in accessing to /home,

so X cannot start as user (cannot write the /home/user/.auth file)
but X can start from user root, as user root has the home in /root and you have it

in your picture i can see the home of the root user, which is /root.

I doubt you have /home/user folder

No, I don´t.

Code: Select all: [root@localhost Documents]# ll /home total 0 [root@localhost Documents]#

And when booting, it goes until the 5 dots appear above the cauldron(?) on the screen image in front of the word mageia.

This is my /var/log/messages.
In the third line during a boot, there is an error line:
Aug 11 18:55:37 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to load environment files: No such file or directory
Aug 11 18:55:37 localhost systemd[1]: lm_sensors.service failed to run 'start' task: No such file or directory

So this too is ćos of the /home directory not being there?

But there has been no change in /etc/fstab file.

Code: Select all: [root@localhost Documents]# ll /etc/fstab* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 376 Aug 9 08:55 /etc/fstab -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 335 Jul 21 20:49 /etc/fstab~

Both of these fstab file entries are in above posts.posting.php?mode=reply&f=8&t=3228#pr24185 & posting.php?mode=reply&f=8&t=3228#pr24181

by **tom_** » Aug 11th, '12, 21:56

you could try to see if systemd can tell you more

in this page there a a few hints on how to debug it

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_de ... d_problems

by **bud** » Aug 12th, '12, 03:26

Sorry I forgot to post the /var/log/messages in the previous post.

Attached File:
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var_log_messages_12_6.txt: Attached File:
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/var/log/messages from today´s boot.

I think from 6:21 it´s my linux-fb booting messages and before that is my linux-failsafe boot messages ?; (133.38 KiB) Downloaded 199 times

Also when I try startx without remounting in root, I get the same error as user

Code: Select all: auth: error in locking authority file /home/root/.serverauth.---- xauth: error in locking authority file /home/root/.Xauthority

by **bud** » Aug 12th, '12, 04:00

ok, I am not sure what I should look for in it, but looking at it...

Thanks

Code: Select all: [root@localhost Documents]# systemctl list-job JOB UNIT TYPE STATE 0 jobs listed. [root@localhost Documents]# [root@localhost Documents]# systemctl list-units -t service --all UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION acpid.service loaded active running ACPI Event Daemon alsa-restore.service loaded inactive dead Restore Sound Card State alsa-store.service loaded inactive dead Store Sound Card State auditd.service error inactive dead auditd.service avahi-daemon.service loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack bluetooth.service loaded active running Bluetooth Manager console-...daemon.service loaded active running Console Manager console-...-start.service loaded failed failed Console System Startup Logging cpufreq.service loaded active exited A script for an init system to set CPU frequency settings crond.service loaded active running Command Scheduler cryptset...t_sda5.service loaded active exited Cryptography Setup for crypt_sda5 ct_sync.service loaded failed failed LSB: Connection tracking state replication dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus display-...ailure.service loaded inactive dead Display Manager Failure Message dracut-shutdown.service loaded inactive dead Restore /run/initramfs emergency.service loaded inactive dead Emergency Shell fedora-a...l-mark.service loaded inactive dead Mark the need to relabel after reboot fedora-a...elabel.service loaded inactive dead Relabel all filesystems, if necessary fedora-configure.service loaded inactive dead Reconfigure the system on administrator request fedora-l...odules.service loaded active exited Load legacy module configuration fedora-readonly.service loaded active exited Configure read-only root support fedora-s...t-late.service loaded active exited Initialize storage subsystems (RAID, LVM, etc.) fedora-s...e-init.service loaded active exited Initialize storage subsystems (RAID, LVM, etc.) fedora-w...torage.service loaded active exited Wait for storage scan fsck-root.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on Root Device fsck@dev...bc9dec.service loaded inactive dead File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/15c9b6d4-193c-4c44 -9dc3-c76a99bc9dec getty@tty1.service loaded active running Getty on tty1 halt-local.service loaded inactive dead /sbin/halt.local Compatibility halt.service loaded inactive dead Halt hddtemp.service loaded active running LSB: Information about hard drives' temperature hsqldb.service loaded inactive dead LSB: HSQLDB-Server httpd-event.service error inactive dead httpd-event.service httpd-itk.service error inactive dead httpd-itk.service httpd-peruser.service error inactive dead httpd-peruser.service httpd-prefork.service loaded active running The Apache HTTP Server (prefork MPM) httpd-worker.service error inactive dead httpd-worker.service ip6tables.service loaded active exited ip6tables Firewall for IPv6 iptables.service loaded active exited iptables Firewall for IPv4 irda.service error inactive dead irda.service irqbalance.service loaded active running irqbalance daemon killall.service loaded inactive dead killall.service ldap.service error inactive dead ldap.service livesys-late.service error inactive dead livesys-late.service lm_sensors.service loaded failed failed Initialize hardware monitoring sensors mandi.service loaded active running LSB: Network monitoring daemon mandriva...-links.service loaded active exited Setup links in /boot for running kernel mandriva...n-lock.service loaded active exited Cleanup of /var/run and /var/lock mandriva...rytime.service loaded active exited Reconfigure the system on administrator request mandriva...glevel.service loaded active exited Set default kernel console loglevel mandriva...-dmesg.service loaded active exited Save boot dmesg content microcode_ctl.service loaded active exited LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode msec.service loaded active exited LSB: Enables MSEC security policy on boot mysqld.service loaded active running MySQL database server netconsole.service loaded inactive dead LSB: Initializes network console logging network-auth.service loaded inactive dead LSB: Requires network to be up if enabled network-up.service loaded active exited LSB: Wait for the hotplugged network to be up network.service loaded active exited LSB: Bring up/down networking NetworkManager.service loaded active running Network Manager nfs-common.service loaded active exited LSB: NFS support files common to client and server nfs-server.service loaded active exited LSB: Kernel NFS server support numlock.service loaded active exited LSB: Locks NumLock key at init runlevel change openvpn.service error inactive dead openvpn.service openvpn@...i-user.service loaded failed failed OpenVPN Robust And Highly Flexible Tunneling Application On multi/user partmon.service loaded active exited LSB: Checks if a partition is close to full up plymouth...t-wait.service loaded inactive dead Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit plymouth-quit.service loaded inactive dead Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen plymouth...-write.service loaded inactive dead Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data plymouth-start.service loaded inactive dead Show Plymouth Boot Screen polkitd.service loaded active running Policy Manager portreserve.service error inactive dead portreserve.service postfix.service loaded failed failed LSB: Starts the postfix daemons postgresql.service loaded inactive dead LSB: PostgreSql server database poweroff.service loaded inactive dead Power-Off prefdm.service loaded inactive dead Display Manager privoxy.service loaded active running LSB: Web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities proc-bus...-setup.service loaded inactive dead Legacy USB proc File System Setup proftpd.service loaded active exited LSB: ProFTPD FTP server radiusd.service error inactive dead radiusd.service rc-local.service loaded active exited /etc/rc.d/rc.local Compatibility reboot.service loaded inactive dead Reboot remount-rootfs.service loaded active exited Remount Root FS rescue.service loaded inactive dead Rescue Shell resolvconf.service loaded active exited LSB: Nameserver information manager routed.service loaded active running LSB: RIP Routing daemon rpcbind.service loaded active running RPC bind service rsyslog.service loaded active running System Logging Service rtkit-daemon.service loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service saslauthd.service error inactive dead saslauthd.service sensord.service loaded active running Sensor Information Logging shorewall.service loaded failed failed LSB: shorewall-common single.service loaded inactive dead single.service smb.service loaded active running LSB: Samba servers (nmbd and smbd) speech-d...tcherd.service loaded active running Speech-Dispatcher an high-level device independent layer for speech synthesis. sssd.service error inactive dead sssd.service systemd-...onsole.service loaded inactive dead Dispatch Password Requests to Console systemd-...ymouth.service loaded inactive dead Forward Password Requests to Plymouth systemd-...d-wall.service loaded inactive dead Forward Password Requests to Wall systemd-binfmt.service loaded inactive dead Set Up Additional Binary Formats systemd-initctl.service loaded inactive dead /dev/initctl Compatibility Daemon systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service systemd-...s-load.service loaded active exited Load Kernel Modules systemd-...d-load.service loaded inactive dead Load Random Seed systemd-...d-save.service loaded inactive dead Save Random Seed systemd-...ollect.service loaded active exited Collect Read-Ahead Data systemd-...d-done.service loaded inactive dead Stop Read-Ahead Data Collection systemd-...replay.service loaded active exited Replay Read-Ahead Data systemd-...d-wall.service loaded inactive dead Forward Password Requests to Wall systemd-binfmt.service loaded inactive dead Set Up Additional Binary Formats systemd-initctl.service loaded inactive dead /dev/initctl Compatibility Daemon systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service systemd-...s-load.service loaded active exited Load Kernel Modules systemd-...d-load.service loaded inactive dead Load Random Seed systemd-...d-save.service loaded inactive dead Save Random Seed systemd-...ollect.service loaded active exited Collect Read-Ahead Data systemd-...d-done.service loaded inactive dead Stop Read-Ahead Data Collection systemd-...replay.service loaded active exited Replay Read-Ahead Data systemd-...pi-vfs.service loaded active exited Remount API VFS systemd-shutdownd.service loaded inactive dead Delayed Shutdown Service systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables systemd-...-clean.service loaded inactive dead Cleanup of Temporary Directories systemd-...-setup.service loaded active exited Recreate Volatile Files and Directories systemd-...nlevel.service loaded inactive dead Notify Audit System and Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes systemd-...utdown.service loaded inactive dead Notify Audit System and Update UTMP about System Shutdown systemd-...ssions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions systemd-...-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console udev-settle.service loaded active exited udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices udev.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager udisks2.service loaded active running Storage Daemon udisksd.service loaded active running UDisks Daemon upowerd.service loaded inactive dead UPower Daemon VMware.service error inactive dead VMware.service winbind.service error inactive dead winbind.service ypbind.service error inactive dead ypbind.service LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded. ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB. SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type. JOB = Pending job for the unit. 125 units listed. [root@localhost Documents]# [root@localhost Documents]# systemctl list-units -t service UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION acpid.service loaded active running ACPI Event Daemon avahi-daemon.service loaded active running Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack bluetooth.service loaded active running Bluetooth Manager console-kit-daemon.service loaded active running Console Manager console-...m-start.service loaded failed failed Console System Startup Logging cpufreq.service loaded active exited A script for an init system to set CPU frequency settings crond.service loaded active running Command Scheduler cryptset...pt_sda5.service loaded active exited Cryptography Setup for crypt_sda5 ct_sync.service loaded failed failed LSB: Connection tracking state replication dbus.service loaded active running D-Bus System Message Bus fedora-loadmodules.service loaded active exited Load legacy module configuration fedora-readonly.service loaded active exited Configure read-only root support fedora-s...it-late.service loaded active exited Initialize storage subsystems (RAID, LVM, etc.) fedora-s...ge-init.service loaded active exited Initialize storage subsystems (RAID, LVM, etc.) fedora-w...storage.service loaded active exited Wait for storage scan getty@tty1.service loaded active running Getty on tty1 hddtemp.service loaded active running LSB: Information about hard drives' temperature httpd-prefork.service loaded active running The Apache HTTP Server (prefork MPM) ip6tables.service loaded active exited ip6tables Firewall for IPv6 iptables.service loaded active exited iptables Firewall for IPv4 irqbalance.service loaded active running irqbalance daemon lm_sensors.service loaded failed failed Initialize hardware monitoring sensors mandi.service loaded active running LSB: Network monitoring daemon mandriva...t-links.service loaded active exited Setup links in /boot for running kernel mandriva...un-lock.service loaded active exited Cleanup of /var/run and /var/lock mandriva-everytime.service loaded active exited Reconfigure the system on administrator request mandriva...oglevel.service loaded active exited Set default kernel console loglevel mandriva...e-dmesg.service loaded active exited Save boot dmesg content microcode_ctl.service loaded active exited LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode msec.service loaded active exited LSB: Enables MSEC security policy on boot mysqld.service loaded active running MySQL database server network-up.service loaded active exited LSB: Wait for the hotplugged network to be up network.service loaded active exited LSB: Bring up/down networking NetworkManager.service loaded active running Network Manager nfs-common.service loaded active exited LSB: NFS support files common to client and server nfs-server.service loaded active exited LSB: Kernel NFS server support numlock.service loaded active exited LSB: Locks NumLock key at init runlevel change openvpn@multi-user.service loaded failed failed OpenVPN Robust And Highly Flexible Tunneling Application On multi/user partmon.service loaded active exited LSB: Checks if a partition is close to full up polkitd.service loaded active running Policy Manager postfix.service loaded failed failed LSB: Starts the postfix daemons privoxy.service loaded active running LSB: Web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities proftpd.service loaded active exited LSB: ProFTPD FTP server rc-local.service loaded active exited /etc/rc.d/rc.local Compatibility remount-rootfs.service loaded active exited Remount Root FS resolvconf.service loaded active exited LSB: Nameserver information manager routed.service loaded active running LSB: RIP Routing daemon rpcbind.service loaded active running RPC bind service rsyslog.service loaded active running System Logging Service rtkit-daemon.service loaded active running RealtimeKit Scheduling Policy Service sensord.service loaded active running Sensor Information Logging shorewall.service loaded failed failed LSB: shorewall-common smb.service loaded active running LSB: Samba servers (nmbd and smbd) speech-dispatcherd.service loaded active running Speech-Dispatcher an high-level device independent layer for speech synthesis. systemd-journald.service loaded active running Journal Service systemd-logind.service loaded active running Login Service systemd-...es-load.service loaded active exited Load Kernel Modules systemd-...collect.service loaded active exited Collect Read-Ahead Data systemd-...-replay.service loaded active exited Replay Read-Ahead Data systemd-...api-vfs.service loaded active exited Remount API VFS systemd-sysctl.service loaded active exited Apply Kernel Variables systemd-...s-setup.service loaded active exited Recreate Volatile Files and Directories systemd-...essions.service loaded active exited Permit User Sessions systemd-...e-setup.service loaded active exited Setup Virtual Console udev-settle.service loaded active exited udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization udev-trigger.service loaded active exited udev Coldplug all Devices udev.service loaded active running udev Kernel Device Manager udisks2.service loaded active running Storage Daemon udisksd.service loaded active running UDisks Daemon LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded. ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB. SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type. JOB = Pending job for the unit. 69 units listed. Pass --all to see inactive units, too. [root@localhost Documents]# [root@localhost Documents]# systemctl status sshd.service sshd.service - OpenSSH server daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sshd.service [root@localhost Documents]# [root@localhost Documents]# systemctl list-units -t target --all > boot_prob/system_ctl.txt UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION basic.target loaded active active Basic System cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes emergency.target loaded inactive dead Emergency Mode final.target loaded inactive dead Final Step getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts graphical.target loaded inactive dead Graphical Interface local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre) local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User network.target loaded active active Network nss-lookup.target loaded active active Name Lookups remote-fs-login.target loaded inactive dead Remote File Systems needed for Logins remote-fs-pre.target loaded inactive dead Remote File Systems (Pre) remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems rescue.target loaded inactive dead Rescue Mode rpcbind.target loaded active active RPC Port Mapper shutdown.target loaded inactive dead Shutdown sockets.target loaded active active Sockets sound.target loaded active active Sound Card swap.target loaded active active Swap sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization syslog.target loaded active active Syslog time-sync.target loaded inactive dead System Time Synchronized umount.target loaded inactive dead Unmount All Filesystems LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded. ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB. SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type. JOB = Pending job for the unit. 24 units listed. [root@localhost Documents]# [root@localhost Documents]# systemctl list-units -t target > boot_prob/system_ctl.txt UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB JOB DESCRIPTION basic.target loaded active active Basic System cryptsetup.target loaded active active Encrypted Volumes getty.target loaded active active Login Prompts local-fs-pre.target loaded active active Local File Systems (Pre) local-fs.target loaded active active Local File Systems multi-user.target loaded active active Multi-User network.target loaded active active Network nss-lookup.target loaded active active Name Lookups remote-fs.target loaded active active Remote File Systems rpcbind.target loaded active active RPC Port Mapper sockets.target loaded active active Sockets sound.target loaded active active Sound Card swap.target loaded active active Swap sysinit.target loaded active active System Initialization syslog.target loaded active active Syslog LOAD = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded. ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB. SUB = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type. JOB = Pending job for the unit. 15 units listed. Pass --all to see inactive units, too. [root@localhost Documents]# [root@localhost Documents]# systemctl show -p "Wants" multi-user.target > boot_prob/system_ctl.txt Wants=systemd-readahead-replay.service systemd-readahead-collect.service systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service acpid.service irqbalance.service NetworkManager.service speech-dispatcherd.service httpd-prefork.service avahi-daemon.service remote-fs.target rpcbind.service openvpn@multi-user.service lm_sensors.service crond.service rsyslog.service cpufreq.service sensord.service mysqld.service rpcbind.target plymouth-quit-wait.service dbus.service systemd-ask-password-wall.path getty.target systemd-logind.service plymouth-quit.service systemd-user-sessions.service rc-local.service microcode_ctl.service numlock.service resolvconf.service ct_sync.service hddtemp.service shorewall.service network.service network-up.service postfix.service privoxy.service mandi.service nfs-server.service routed.service partmon.service nfs-common.service proftpd.service smb.service openvpn.service msec.service [root@localhost Documents]# [root@localhost Documents]# systemd --test --system --unit=multi-user.target> boot_prob/system_ctl.txt Don't run test mode as root. [root@localhost Documents]# [root@localhost Documents]# su <user> bash-4.2$ systemd --test --system --unit=multi-user.target systemd 44 running in system mode. (+PAM +LIBWRAP +AUDIT -SELINUX +SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP; mageia) Failed to set hostname to <localhost>: Operation not permitted Netlink failure for request 1: Operation not permitted Failed to configure loopback device: Operation not permitted Failed to enable ctrl-alt-del handling: Operation not permitted Failed to open /dev/tty0: Permission denied Failed to create root cgroup hierarchy: Permission denied Failed to allocate manager object: Permission denied bash-4.2$

by **tom_** » Aug 12th, '12, 10:31

you could also try to raise the LVM log level from its configuration file

http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Clust ... _file.html

it seems you have a very low level.

Sorry but I'm not not an expert of LVM nor of systemd,
so my help in this part is really poor

by **bud** » Aug 14th, '12, 12:41

Thanks!
Tried it out but didn't see any new errors.

And thank you very much for reading my thread and helping out.

by **tom_** » Aug 17th, '12, 12:28

I think it is better to restart the analisys from the begin:

boot your machine adding these parameters to the kernel command line:

Code: Select all: systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg log_buf_len=1M

when you have the console with the error messages, type

Code: Select all: dmesg > dmesg.txt

then post dmesg.txt here

by **bud** » Aug 18th, '12, 05:46

Thanks

I wasn't sure where to add the parameters.

I pressed Esc and got the Text Grub screen with fb,non-fb,failsafe options and I selected linux-nonfb and pressed 'e-edit' and got the menu.lst entry . I pressed 'e' again and got the grub command line with the end of this entry. I typed the systemd.log... and got back to the modified entry but after that I just got a black screen with :

Code: Select all: Booting command-list Kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/vg-uno/root resume=dev/vg-uno/swap [Linux-bzImage, setup=0X4200, size=0X2024d0] initrd (hd(0,0)/initrd.img systemd.log_devel=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg log_buf_len=1M

and a blinking cursor at the next line and nothing else happening.

So I tried adding it directly in the Grub GUI bootscreen where the line at the bottom of the screen can be edited.
Attaching the dmesg after linux-fb and failsafe.

Code: Select all: Boot Options BOOT_IMAGE=linux-fb root=/dev/vg-uno/root resume=/dev/vg-uno/swap systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg log_buf_len=1M

Code: Select all: login: <user1> <pwd> su - <pwd> mount -o remount,rw / dmesg > Documents/boot_prob/dmesg_18_8-fb.txt

dmesg_18_8-fb.txt.7z: (37.25 KiB) Downloaded 116 times

Code: Select all: Boot Options BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/vg-uno/root failsafe systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg log_buf_len=1M

Code: Select all: mount -o remount,rw / dmesg > Documents/boot_prob/dmesg_18_8.7-failsafe.tx.txt

dmesg_18_8.7-failsafe.txt.7z: (29.4 KiB) Downloaded 105 times

Since I have ro filesystem, the attached text files are dmesg after su - and rw remount but before sysctl default and startx.

by **tom_** » Aug 18th, '12, 12:05

I have checked only dmesg_18:

Code: Select all: [ 36.657722] dracut: lvchange -- activation/volume_list configuration setting not defined: Checking only host tags for vg-uno/root

this could means that in your /etc/lvm/lvn.conf the activation volume_list directive is not valid

from man lvm.conf:

Code: Select all: activation - Settings affecting device-mapper activation volume_list - This acts as a filter through which all requests to activate a logical volume on this machine are passed. A logical volume is only activated if it matches an item in the list. Tags must be preceded by @ and are checked against all tags defined in the logical volume and volume group metadata for a match. @* is short-hand to check every tag set on the host machine (see tags above). Logical volume and volume groups can also be included in the list by name e.g. vg00, vg00/lvol1.

please post the file (also check if there is an older version on your machine)

here there is a nice LVM troubleshooting guide, you could try it
http://www.centos.org/docs/4/4.5/SAC_Cl ... diags.html

by **bud** » Aug 18th, '12, 21:12

Hi,
Thanks 4 reading it.

Here is my lvm.conf file:

conf.7z: lvm.conf and files before editing for logging.; (11.42 KiB) Downloaded 113 times

I don't have a older lvm.conf file. The two changes I made are for logging.

Code: Select all: [root@localhost ~]# ls -acFhlRt /etc/lvm /etc/lvm: total 136K drwxr-xr-x 148 root adm 12K Aug 19 07:37 ../ drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Aug 19 05:21 ./ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35K Aug 19 03:43 lvm.conf -rw------- 1 root root 34K Aug 19 03:37 lvm.conf.bkp-ChangingLogFilePath.bkp -rw------- 1 root root 34K Aug 13 23:28 lvm.conf.IncreasingLogLevels_xserver_boot_problem.bkp drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K May 31 14:57 backup/ drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K May 31 14:57 archive/ drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K May 31 14:53 cache/ /etc/lvm/backup: total 12K drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Aug 19 05:21 ../ drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K May 31 14:57 ./ -rw------- 1 root root 2.1K May 31 14:57 vg-uno /etc/lvm/archive: total 12K drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Aug 19 05:21 ../ drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K May 31 14:57 ./ -rw------- 1 root root 2.1K May 31 14:57 vg-uno_00000-1532212935.vg /etc/lvm/cache: total 8.0K drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Aug 19 05:21 ../ drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K May 31 14:53 ./

Thanks for the link.
Not sure for which command I have to use -vvvv. The commands such as lvchange that I see in dmesg?

lvm dumpconfig

Code: Select all: [root@localhost ~]# lvm dumpconfig -- Logging initialised at Sun Aug 19 08:45:56 2012 -- Setting global/umask to 63 -- Setting devices/dir to /dev -- Setting global/proc to /proc -- Setting global/activation to 1 -- global/suffix not found in config: defaulting to 1 -- Setting global/units to h -- Setting activation/readahead to auto -- Setting activation/udev_rules to 1 -- Setting activation/udev_sync to 1 -- Setting activation/retry_deactivation to 1 -- Setting activation/checks to 0 -- LVM activation checks disabled -- Setting activation/verify_udev_operations to 0 -- Getting driver version -- dm version OF [16384] (*1) -- dm version OF [16384] (*1) -- Setting activation/use_linear_target to 1 -- Setting activation/missing_stripe_filler to error -- Setting global/si_unit_consistency to 1 -- Setting global/metadata_read_only to 0 -- Setting devices/pv_min_size to 2048 -- global/detect_internal_vg_cache_corruption() not found in config: defaulting to 0 -- Setting devices/disable_after_error_count to 0 -- Setting devices/ignore_suspended_devices to 0 -- Setting devices/cache_dir to /etc/lvm/cache -- Setting devices/write_cache_state to 1 -- Setting activation/reserved_stack to 64 -- Setting activation/reserved_memory to 8192 -- Setting activation/process_priority to -18 -- Allocated VG #orphans_lvm1 at 0x8524a70. -- Initialised format: lvm1 -- Allocated VG #orphans_lvm2 at 0x85294b0. -- Initialised format: lvm2 -- global/format not found in config: defaulting to lvm2 -- lvmcache: initialised VG #orphans_lvm1 -- lvmcache: initialised VG #orphans_lvm2 -- Initialised segtype: striped -- Initialised segtype: zero -- Initialised segtype: error -- Initialised segtype: free -- Setting dmeventd/snapshot_library to libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so -- Initialised segtype: snapshot -- Setting dmeventd/mirror_library to libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so -- Initialised segtype: mirror -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid1 -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid4 -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5 -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5_la -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5_ra -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5_ls -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5_rs -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid6 -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid6_zr -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid6_nr -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid6_nc -- Setting backup/retain_days to 30 -- Setting backup/retain_min to 10 -- Setting backup/archive_dir to /etc/lvm/archive -- Setting backup/backup_dir to /etc/lvm/backup -- global/fallback_to_lvm1 not found in config: defaulting to 0 -- Parsing: dumpconfig dumpconfig -- Processing: dumpconfig dumpconfig -- O_DIRECT will be used dumpconfig -- Setting global/locking_type to 1 dumpconfig -- Setting global/wait_for_locks to 1 dumpconfig -- File-based locking selected. dumpconfig -- Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/lvm dumpconfig -- Dumping configuration to stdout devices { dir="/dev" scan="/dev" obtain_device_list_from_udev=1 preferred_names=["^/dev/mpath/", "^/dev/mapper/mpath", "^/dev/[hs]d"] filter="a/.*/" cache_dir="/etc/lvm/cache" cache_file_prefix="" write_cache_state=1 sysfs_scan=1 multipath_component_detection=1 md_component_detection=1 md_chunk_alignment=1 data_alignment_detection=1 data_alignment=0 data_alignment_offset_detection=1 ignore_suspended_devices=0 disable_after_error_count=0 require_restorefile_with_uuid=1 pv_min_size=2048 issue_discards=0 } dmeventd { mirror_library="libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so" snapshot_library="libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so" thin_library="libdevmapper-event-lvm2thin.so" } activation { checks=0 udev_sync=1 udev_rules=1 verify_udev_operations=0 retry_deactivation=1 missing_stripe_filler="error" use_linear_target=1 reserved_stack=64 reserved_memory=8192 process_priority=-18 mirror_region_size=512 readahead="auto" raid_fault_policy="warn" mirror_log_fault_policy="allocate" mirror_image_fault_policy="remove" snapshot_autoextend_threshold=100 snapshot_autoextend_percent=20 thin_pool_autoextend_threshold=100 thin_pool_autoextend_percent=20 thin_check_executable="/sbin/thin_check -q" use_mlockall=0 monitoring=1 polling_interval=15 } global { umask=63 test=0 units="h" si_unit_consistency=1 activation=1 proc="/proc" locking_type=1 wait_for_locks=1 fallback_to_clustered_locking=1 fallback_to_local_locking=1 locking_dir="/var/lock/lvm" prioritise_write_locks=1 abort_on_internal_errors=0 detect_internal_vg_cache_corruption=0 metadata_read_only=0 mirror_segtype_default="mirror" use_lvmetad=0 } shell { history_size=100 } backup { backup=1 backup_dir="/etc/lvm/backup" archive=1 archive_dir="/etc/lvm/archive" retain_min=10 retain_days=30 } log { verbose=3 syslog=1 file="/var/log/lvm_log/lvm.log" overwrite=0 level=7 indent=1 command_names=1 prefix=" -- " activation=1 } dumpconfig -- Completed: dumpconfig dumpconfig -- Wiping internal VG cache dumpconfig -- Freeing VG #orphans_lvm1 at 0x8524a70. dumpconfig -- Freeing VG #orphans_lvm2 at 0x85294b0.

Code: Select all: [ 36.657722] dracut: lvchange -- activation/volume_list configuration setting not defined: Checking only host tags for vg-uno/root [ 36.661123] dracut: lvchange -- Activating vg-uno/root. ... [ 36.981947] dracut: lvchange -- Leaving critical section (activated).

I don't know what the host tags mentioned here are & I am not sure how to check the host tags.
http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_hosttags.html
Will check it after installing check_mk.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/lvm-deve ... 00111.html
Will read some more b4 I post on this.

Thanks a lot.

by **tom_** » Aug 18th, '12, 21:24

can you try with checks = 1?

Code: Select all: activation { # Set to 1 to perform internal checks on the operations issued to # libdevmapper. Useful for debugging problems with activation. # Some of the checks may be expensive, so it's best to use this # only when there seems to be a problem. checks = 0

by **bud** » Aug 18th, '12, 23:00

Hi,
ok, I set these in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf: activation {
checks=1
verify_udev_operations=1
and then, booting with linux-fb and syslog.d debug

lvm dumpconfig:

Code: Select all: [root@localhost ~]# lvm dumpconfig -- Logging initialised at Sun Aug 19 10:54:59 2012 -- Setting global/umask to 63 -- Setting devices/dir to /dev -- Setting global/proc to /proc -- Setting global/activation to 1 -- global/suffix not found in config: defaulting to 1 -- Setting global/units to h -- Setting activation/readahead to auto -- Setting activation/udev_rules to 1 -- Setting activation/udev_sync to 1 -- Setting activation/retry_deactivation to 1 -- Setting activation/checks to 1 -- LVM activation checks enabled -- Setting activation/verify_udev_operations to 1 -- Setting activation/use_linear_target to 1 -- Setting activation/missing_stripe_filler to error -- Setting global/si_unit_consistency to 1 -- Setting global/metadata_read_only to 0 -- Setting devices/pv_min_size to 2048 -- global/detect_internal_vg_cache_corruption() not found in config: defaulting to 0 -- Setting devices/disable_after_error_count to 0 -- Setting devices/ignore_suspended_devices to 0 -- Setting devices/cache_dir to /etc/lvm/cache -- Setting devices/write_cache_state to 1 -- Setting activation/reserved_stack to 64 -- Setting activation/reserved_memory to 8192 -- Setting activation/process_priority to -18 -- Allocated VG #orphans_lvm1 at 0x8354a70. -- Initialised format: lvm1 -- Allocated VG #orphans_lvm2 at 0x83594b0. -- Initialised format: lvm2 -- global/format not found in config: defaulting to lvm2 -- lvmcache: initialised VG #orphans_lvm1 -- lvmcache: initialised VG #orphans_lvm2 -- Initialised segtype: striped -- Initialised segtype: zero -- Initialised segtype: error -- Initialised segtype: free -- Setting dmeventd/snapshot_library to libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so -- Initialised segtype: snapshot -- Setting dmeventd/mirror_library to libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so -- Initialised segtype: mirror -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid1 -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid4 -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5 -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5_la -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5_ra -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5_ls -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid5_rs -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid6 -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid6_zr -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid6_nr -- dmeventd/raid_library not found in config: defaulting to libdevmapper-event-lvm2raid.so -- Initialised segtype: raid6_nc -- Setting backup/retain_days to 30 -- Setting backup/retain_min to 10 -- Setting backup/archive_dir to /etc/lvm/archive -- Setting backup/backup_dir to /etc/lvm/backup -- global/fallback_to_lvm1 not found in config: defaulting to 0 -- Parsing: dumpconfig dumpconfig -- Processing: dumpconfig dumpconfig -- O_DIRECT will be used dumpconfig -- Setting global/locking_type to 1 dumpconfig -- Setting global/wait_for_locks to 1 dumpconfig -- File-based locking selected. dumpconfig -- Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/lvm dumpconfig -- Dumping configuration to stdout devices { dir="/dev" scan="/dev" obtain_device_list_from_udev=1 preferred_names=["^/dev/mpath/", "^/dev/mapper/mpath", "^/dev/[hs]d"] filter="a/.*/" cache_dir="/etc/lvm/cache" cache_file_prefix="" write_cache_state=1 sysfs_scan=1 multipath_component_detection=1 md_component_detection=1 md_chunk_alignment=1 data_alignment_detection=1 data_alignment=0 data_alignment_offset_detection=1 ignore_suspended_devices=0 disable_after_error_count=0 require_restorefile_with_uuid=1 pv_min_size=2048 issue_discards=0 } dmeventd { mirror_library="libdevmapper-event-lvm2mirror.so" snapshot_library="libdevmapper-event-lvm2snapshot.so" thin_library="libdevmapper-event-lvm2thin.so" } activation { checks=1 udev_sync=1 udev_rules=1 verify_udev_operations=1 retry_deactivation=1 missing_stripe_filler="error" use_linear_target=1 reserved_stack=64 reserved_memory=8192 process_priority=-18 mirror_region_size=512 readahead="auto" raid_fault_policy="warn" mirror_log_fault_policy="allocate" mirror_image_fault_policy="remove" snapshot_autoextend_threshold=100 snapshot_autoextend_percent=20 thin_pool_autoextend_threshold=100 thin_pool_autoextend_percent=20 thin_check_executable="/sbin/thin_check -q" use_mlockall=0 monitoring=1 polling_interval=15 } global { umask=63 test=0 units="h" si_unit_consistency=1 activation=1 proc="/proc" locking_type=1 wait_for_locks=1 fallback_to_clustered_locking=1 fallback_to_local_locking=1 locking_dir="/var/lock/lvm" prioritise_write_locks=1 abort_on_internal_errors=0 detect_internal_vg_cache_corruption=0 metadata_read_only=0 mirror_segtype_default="mirror" use_lvmetad=0 } shell { history_size=100 } backup { backup=1 backup_dir="/etc/lvm/backup" archive=1 archive_dir="/etc/lvm/archive" retain_min=10 retain_days=30 } log { verbose=3 syslog=1 file="/var/log/lvm_log/lvm.log" overwrite=0 level=7 indent=1 command_names=1 prefix=" -- " activation=1 } dumpconfig -- Completed: dumpconfig dumpconfig -- Wiping internal VG cache dumpconfig -- Freeing VG #orphans_lvm1 at 0x8354a70. dumpconfig -- Freeing VG #orphans_lvm2 at 0x83594b0. [root@localhost ~]#

I have attached both the dmesg and lvm.log:

dmesg_checks_udev_sysd.log.txt.7z: (37.69 KiB) Downloaded 101 times

lvm.log_activ-checks_udev_sysd.log.7z: (5.9 KiB) Downloaded 101 times

Also I found an old kernel warning log:
Attaching both old and new kernel warning logs:

kernel_warning.7z: (9.07 KiB) Downloaded 101 times

by **tom_** » Aug 19th, '12, 17:12

can't found the boot with checks enabled in these files,
there is the activation but can't see anything more

Code: Select all: $ grep -n "LVM activation checks" * dmesg_checks_udev_sysd.log.txt:658:[ 18.796575] dracut: -- LVM activation checks disabled dmesg_checks_udev_sysd.log.txt:1163:[ 19.742407] dracut: -- LVM activation checks disabled lvm.log_activ-checks_udev_sysd.log:13:../../lib/misc/lvm-globals.c:148 -- LVM activation checks disabled lvm.log_activ-checks_udev_sysd.log:97:../../lib/misc/lvm-globals.c:148 -- LVM activation checks disabled lvm.log_activ-checks_udev_sysd.log:684:../../lib/misc/lvm-globals.c:148 -- LVM activation checks disabled lvm.log_activ-checks_udev_sysd.log:1494:../../lib/misc/lvm-globals.c:148 -- LVM activation checks disabled lvm.log_activ-checks_udev_sysd.log:1580:../../lib/misc/lvm-globals.c:148 -- LVM activation checks disabled lvm.log_activ-checks_udev_sysd.log:1665:../../lib/misc/lvm-globals.c:146 -- LVM activation checks enabled

by **bud** » Aug 19th, '12, 18:16

Hi,
The last one in that grep output lines is 'enabled'

I have set the lvm.conf log in 'append' mode.

by **bud** » Aug 19th, '12, 18:27

After booting fails, and it says / is read-only, I have been remounting the root rw, right?.

Code: Select all: #mount -o remount,rw /

So, I tried remount /home too.

Code: Select all: #mount -o remount,rw /home

But I got an error msg saying /home was neither in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

So I tried:

Code: Select all: #mount /dev/vg-uno/home /home

Now I am able to login as user in GUI

Though my desktop screen settings(~/.kde ?) seems to have become default.

I don't have my panels, shortcuts or keyboard shortcuts

((

Ofcourse, the boot problem still remains.

by **bud** » Aug 19th, '12, 19:08

I had a backup of ~/.kde4 and I now have my old desktop screen with all my panels, shortcuts and keyboard shortcuts working.

Only the boot problem now.

by **tom_** » Aug 25th, '12, 23:15

Can you see if this is exactly your problem?

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5661

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