From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C7BE1381FA for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 20:38:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 63A76E0B19; Thu, 15 May 2014 20:38:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0200.smtp25.com (mail0200.smtp25.com [174.37.170.200]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2596AE0A9D for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 20:38:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (d-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.158.174]) by s-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id s4FKcEWN004478 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 16:38:14 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s4FKcDpm026097 for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 16:38:13 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problems getting systemd to work In-reply-to: References: <23736.1399879340@ccs.covici.com> <17435.1399889735@ccs.covici.com> <13680.1399912266@ccs.covici.com> <17066.1399913526@ccs.covici.com> <8704.1400060591@ccs.covici.com> <26238.1400079937@ccs.covici.com> <31967.1400082129@ccs.covici.com> <15515.1400106362@ccs.covici.com> <18274.140014678! 8@ccs.covici.com> Comments: In-reply-to =?us-ascii?Q?=3D=3FUTF-8=3FB=3FQ2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWY?= =?us-ascii?Q?Wxkw6lz=3F=3D?= message dated "Thu, 15 May 2014 13:23:09 -0500." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 16:38:13 -0400 Message-ID: <26096.1400186293@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-s4FKcEWN004478 X-Archives-Salt: ba8984a5-478e-4b88-b42b-b4bf9e5c736e X-Archives-Hash: 52fd28f1a0424d02243d5ab254e6016b Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 4:39 AM, wrote: > > Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s wrote: > > > >> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:26 PM, 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 nothin= g! > >> > 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 insi= sted > >> > 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 gi= ve > >> > 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 acti= vate > >> > some volumes by lvchange -aay, but obviously that would not work wel= l. > >> > >> 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=3Dvg/vol1 > >> rd.lvm.lv=3Dvg/vol4 > >> rd.lvm.lv=3Dvg/vol3 > >> > >> 90mdraid.conf > >> rd.md.uuid=3Df4a59e68:fbe4039f:a39fc86d:e9e91e12 > >> > >> base.conf > >> ro > >> > >> So I just changed my /etc/default/grub file: > >> > >> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=3D"init=3D/usr/lib/systemd/systemd quiet nosplash > >> rd.lvm.lv=3Dvg/vol1 rd.lvm.lv=3Dvg/vol4 rd.lvm.lv=3Dvg/vol3 > >> rd.md.uuid=3Df4a59e68:fbe4039f:a39fc86d:e9e91e12" > >> > >> I regenerated my GRUB2 config, and now again my LVM test system works > >> perfectly with the latest dracut version. > >> > >> The thing is, I *ALWAYS* use the -H (host only) option, so it was my > >> understanding that the command line should be automatically generated, > >> and it was on 036, but now it doesn't in 037. I think that's a bug. > >> > >> John, with respect to your case: did you used "dracut --print-cmdline" > >> to get the command line? Also, have you tried to use -H to generate > >> your initramfs? > > > > I did not try the -H, I may test with that later. > > > > > > I did look at the --print-cmdline and copied the volumes they mentioned, > > but I have other lvm volumes in my fstab and none of them were activate= d, > > only the ones I specified in the command line! This is where I have run > > into problems. I have quite a few lvms, I want them all activated! >=20 > I just have /, /boot, /usr and /home (encrypted) as lvms, but all are act= ivated. >=20 > > Also, since I wrote the last message, I have been looking at the > > journalctl output and discovered a couple of things which I would like > > some help on, but getting the lvms to work is more important. > > > > First, whatever happened to DefaultControllers -- I want to disable > > those cpu hierarchies, but that option seems to have disappeared without > > a trace, although you can google and see it in some documentation. >=20 > That went away with the new cgroup handling that is being coordinated > between systemd and the kernel: >=20 > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=3D7ac807320a741646= 3d7ff3ef6ede574863a601c5 >=20 > > The keyword also was not accepted in an install section I have, what is > > the matter with that? I want to use my sysklogd for my syslog, how can > > I use that with systemd? >=20 > I think you can do that with systemd.log_target=3Dkmsg in the kernel comm= and line. >=20 > > Thanks so much for all your help on these things. >=20 > John, could you please include here the output of lsblk, your fstab, > your dracut.conf, and your lilo.conf? output of lsblk: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk=20 =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80sda1 8:1 0 3G 0 part /b= oot =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80sda2 8:2 0 1000M 0 part /m= nt/oldgentoo =E2=94=94=E2=94=80sda3 8:3 0 927.6G 0 part=20 =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-64--root 253:0 0 3G 0 lvm / =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-swap 253:1 0 2G 0 lvm [S= WAP] =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-64--usr 253:2 0 65G 0 lvm /u= sr =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-usr--src 253:3 0 35G 0 lvm /u= sr/src =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-tmp 253:4 0 10G 0 lvm /t= mp =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-64--var 253:5 0 20G 0 lvm /v= ar =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-home 253:6 0 30G 0 lvm /h= ome =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-audio 253:7 0 990G 0 lvm /a= udio =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-usr--bbs 253:8 0 256M 0 lvm /u= sr/bbs =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-hard2 253:9 0 704M 0 lvm /h= ard2 =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-scratch 253:10 0 1G 0 lvm /m= nt/scratch =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-var 253:11 0 8G 0 lvm /m= nt/oldgentoo/var =E2=94=94=E2=94=80linux--files-usr 253:12 0 25G 0 lvm /m= nt/oldgentoo/usr sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk=20 =E2=94=94=E2=94=80sdb1 8:17 0 931.5G 0 part=20 =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-64--root 253:0 0 3G 0 lvm / =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-64--usr 253:2 0 65G 0 lvm /u= sr =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-usr--src 253:3 0 35G 0 lvm /u= sr/src =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-64--var 253:5 0 20G 0 lvm /v= ar =E2=94=9C=E2=94=80linux--files-audio 253:7 0 990G 0 lvm /a= udio =E2=94=94=E2=94=80linux--files-portage 253:13 0 25G 0 lvm /v= ar/tmp/portage sdc 8:32 0 2.7T 0 disk=20 =E2=94=94=E2=94=80sdc1 8:33 0 2.7T 0 part=20 =E2=94=94=E2=94=80backup--files-ccs--backups 253:14 0 2.7T 0 lvm=20= =20 sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom=20=20 my fstab: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren'= t=20 # needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of stora= ge=20 # efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to=20 # switch between notail / tail freely. # # The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1. # All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1. # # See the manpage fstab(5) for more information. # # # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. #/dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/mapper/linux--files-64--root / ext4 defaults 0 1 /dev/sda1 /boot ext4 defaults 0 1 /dev/mapper/linux--files-swap none swap sw 0 0 #/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0 # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for=20 # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 /dev/mapper/linux--files-64--usr /usr ext4 defaults 0 2 /dev/mapper/linux--files-usr--src /usr/src ext4 defaults 0 2 /dev/mapper/linux--files-tmp /tmp ext4 defaults,nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 2 /dev/mapper/linux--files-64--var /var ext4 defaults 0 3 /dev/mapper/linux--files-portage /var/tmp/portage ext4 defaults 0 3 /dev/mapper/linux--files-home /home ext4 defaults 0 3 /dev/mapper/linux--files-audio /audio ext4 defaults 0 3 /dev/mapper/linux--files-usr--bbs /usr/bbs ext4 defaults 0 3 /dev/mapper/linux--files-hard2 /hard2 ext4 defaults 0 3 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 /dev/mapper/linux--files-scratch /mnt/scratch ext4 defaults 0 3 /dev/sda2 /mnt/oldgentoo ext4 defaults 0 3 /dev/mapper/linux--files-usr /mnt/oldgentoo/usr ext3 defaults 0 3 /dev/mapper/linux--files-var /mnt/oldgentoo/var ext4 defaults 0 3 the dracut.conf: # PUT YOUR CONFIG HERE OR IN separate files named *.conf # in /etc/dracut.conf.d # SEE man dracut.conf(5) # Sample dracut config file #logfile=3D/var/log/dracut.log #fileloglvl=3D6 # Exact list of dracut modules to use. Modules not listed here are not goi= ng # to be included. If you only want to add some optional modules use # add_dracutmodules option instead. #dracutmodules+=3D"" # dracut modules to omit #omit_dracutmodules+=3D"" # dracut modules to add to the default #add_dracutmodules+=3D"" # additional kernel modules to the default #add_drivers+=3D"" # list of kernel filesystem modules to be included in the generic initramfs #filesystems+=3D"" # build initrd only to boot current hardware #hostonly=3D"yes" # # install local /etc/mdadm.conf #mdadmconf=3D"no" # install local /etc/lvm/lvm.conf #lvmconf=3D"no" # 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=3D"" # inhibit installation of any fsck tools #nofscks=3D"yes" # mount / and /usr read-only by default #ro_mnt=3D"no" # set the directory for temporary files # default: /var/tmp #tmpdir=3D/tmp use_fstab=3Dyes add_dracutmodules+=3D"lvm" install_items+=3D"/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules /etc/udev/rules= .d/80-net-name-slot.rules" the section of the lilo.conf: image=3D/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.2-gentoo label=3D3.6.2-systemd read-only append=3D" ramdisk=3D8192 root=3D/dev/mapper/linux--files-64--root video= =3Duvesafb:1280x1024 speakup.synth=3Dspkout vmalloc=3D256M rootfstype=3Dext= 4 init=3D/usr/lib/systemd/systemd rd.shell=3D1 systemd.log_level=3Ddebug = debug rd.lvm.lv=3Dlinux-files/64-root rd.lvm.lv=3Dlinux-files/64-usr" initrd=3D/boot/initramfs-3.6.2-gentoo.img --=20 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com