Confirmed that this appears to be the problem. If I exclude all devices lin the sysfs_devices section of /etc/evms.conf then the problem disappears.
As mentioned above I am a bit concerned how many other users may hit this snag if evms has been installed "without their knowledge" so to speak........ -- Device-mapper errors: dm-linear, lookup failed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115616 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs