On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> >>>> Incidentally, dracut says it won't work on a kernel without modules. I >>>> don't know if it's true or not. >>>> >>> >>> Oh really? I don't use modules and I am the one having issues with not >>> being able to su to root from a user. I wonder if that is related >>> somehow. o_O >> >> I don't use modules either (except scsi_wait_scan.ko; you cannot get >> rid of that one), I use dracut, and I can su just fine. >> >> Dale, can you please post the dracut comand you used to create your >> initramfs? Also, the DRACUT_MODULES you have defined, and the contents >> of /etc/dracut.conf? >> >> Not being able to su sounds incredible weird. >> >> Regards. > > > Here is one: > > root@fireball / # cat /etc/dracut.conf > > > # Sample dracut config file > > > > > > logfile=/var/log/dracut.log > > > fileloglvl=6 > > > > > > # Exact list of dracut modules to use. Modules not listed here are not > going > > # to be included. If you only want to add some optional modules use > > > # add_dracutmodules option instead. > > > #dracutmodules+="" > > > > > > # Dracut modules to omit > > > #omit_dracutmodules+="" > > > > # Dracut modules to add to the default > #add_dracutmodules+="lvm fstab-sys usrmount" > > # additional kernel modules to the default > #add_drivers+="" > > # list of kernel filesystem modules to be included in the generic initramfs > filesystems+="ext2 reiserfs ext3" > > # build initrd only to boot current hardware > #hostonly="yes" > # > > # install local /etc/mdadm.conf > mdadmconf="yes" > > # install local /etc/lvm/lvm.conf > lvmconf="yes" > > # A list of fsck tools to install. If it's not specified, module's hardcoded > # default is used, currently: "umount mount /sbin/fsck* xfs_db xfs_check > # xfs_repair e2fsck jfs_fsck reiserfsck btrfsck". The installation is > # opportunistic, so non-existing tools are just ignored. > #fscks="" > > # inhibit installation of any fsck tools > #nofscks="yes" > root@fireball / # > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > The command I use is: > > dracut /boot/initramfs-<kernel version here> > > I name each one according to kernel versions. I try to keep a few back > up kernels in case one gets borked or something. It makes cleaning > easier if I know which files belong to what. Anyway. > > I also looked back at the log for the last build. The only thing I > found that may resemble a error would be it skipping file systems that I > don't have installed or built into the kernel, in other words, things I > don't use to begin with. I didn't see it complain about anything > missing or broken. > > I agree it is weird that su to root doesn't work. I have not been able > to find anything related with SP, read as Google replacement search tool > www.startpage.com since Google got nosey. lol From what I have read, > it shouldn't matter but I can boot with the init thingy and it fails > everytime. When I boot without the init thingy, it works fine. Weird > is a good word to describe it. > > I noticed dracut just got updated. I have dracut-017-r3 installed now. > > I may stick a small drive in my old rig, x86, and try to figure this > mess out on it. Maybe try putting /usr and /var on LVM and really make > a mess of things. lol
Can you try doing dracut -H /boot/initramfs-<kernel version here> ?? The man page from dracut says that -H is for the "current host" instead of a "generic host". Maybe the "generic host" configuration is messing up something with su that your actual host configuration needs. I use -H. As I have ben saying, my initramfs it's pretty up in sync with my normal system. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
