Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:26 PM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > > [snip] > >> > >> Well, the workaround sort of worked -- it went through the initrd -- I > >> had debug in the kernel command line, but it did not stop for nothing! > >> When it went to the real root, however it did not activate any of the > >> lvm volumes I had except for what I specified in the kernel command > >> line, causing things not to work well. Also, I noticed that if insisted > >> on using the predictable network names, even though I have > >> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and > >> /etc/udev/rules.d/80-name-slot.rules which work fine in openrc to give > >> me back my eth* names. So all in all, it was a mess and took me to an > >> emergency shell and that was the end of that. I did eventually activate > >> some volumes by lvchange -aay, but obviously that would not work well. > > > > OK, I was a little mystified about why dracut-036 worked on my system > > and 037 didn't. Before I tried any workaround, I wanted to know what > > changed from the previous version to the current one. > > > > So I generated an initramfs with dracut-036-r4 and another one with > > dracut-037-r1, and I tried to see what changed from one to the other. > > The answer is surprisingly easy: in /etc/cmdline.d/, the following > > files where in the 036-r4 version, but not in the 037-r4: > > > > 90crypt.conf > > 90lvm.conf > > 90mdraid.conf > > base.conf > > > > Te contents of those files are (90crypt.conf is empty): > > > > 90lvm.conf > > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol1 > > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol4 > > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol3 > > > > 90mdraid.conf > > rd.md.uuid=f4a59e68:fbe4039f:a39fc86d:e9e91e12 > > > > base.conf > > ro > > > > So I just changed my /etc/default/grub file: > > > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd quiet nosplash > > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol1 rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol4 rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol3 > > rd.md.uuid=f4a59e68:fbe4039f:a39fc86d:e9e91e12" > > > > I regenerated my GRUB2 config, and now again my LVM test system works > > perfectly with the latest dracut version. > > I'm an idiot; I didn't saw the documentation about hostonly_cmdline; > BTW Jc, you used host_cmdline, I think the former is the correct one. > > So, to resume: there is no bug, is just that before hostonly_cmdline > was yes by default, and now is no by default. This change was > documented, but I failed to notice it (and I think the ebuild in > Gentoo should print an einfo message). > > Anyway, I think that explains all my problems; John, I don't know if > it will solve yours. Again: did you used "dracut --print-cmdline" to > get the command line? Also, have you tried to use -H to generate your > initramfs? And finally, have you tried with --hostonly-cmdline?
OK, I was looking through the journal output and I think the key to the lvm's not activating is the following: 4 12:54:57 ccs systemd[1]: Got notification message for unit systemd-journald.service 4 12:54:57 ccs systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: Got notification message from PID 1750 (WATCHDOG=1...) 4 12:54:57 ccs systemd[1]: systemd-journald.service: got WATCHDOG=1 4 12:54:57 ccs systemd[1]: Received SIGCHLD from PID 2603 (lvm). 4 12:54:57 ccs systemd[1]: Child 2602 (lvm) died (code=exited, status=5/NOTINSSTALLED) 4 12:54:57 ccs systemd[1]: Child 2603 (lvm) died (code=exited, status=5/NOTINSSTALLED) 4 12:54:57 ccs systemd[1]: Child 2610 (lvm) died (code=exited, status=5/NOTINSSTALLED) 4 12:54:57 ccs systemd[1]: Job dev-mapper-linux\x2d\x2dfiles\x2dportage.device/start timed out. So what is not installed? Also, for the first two lines, I get hundreds of thatpair of lines, how can I prevent such. So, between the lvm problem and the udev renaming my eth0 devices these are the key as to why things are going wrong -- with openrc udev is not renaming eth0 at all. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com