Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems

["Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@xunil.at>]

Am 03.05.2014 21:41, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés:
> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@xunil.at> wrote:
>> Am 03.05.2014 21:33, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés:
>>> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 1:35 PM, J. Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org> wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, May 03, 2014 01:30:43 PM Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote: [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>> Let me try to update this test VM to see if I can hit the same issue as
>>>>>> you.
>>>>> Total: 124 packages (107 upgrades, 1 downgrade, 5 new, 2 in new slots,
>>>>> 9 reinstalls, 1 uninstall), Size of downloads: 663,051 kB
>>>>
>>>> Downgrade?
>>>> Which one is that?
>>>
>>> media-libs/exiftool-9.12, from 9.120. I suppose a change in version numbering?
>>>
>>>>> This is going to take a while...
>>>>
>>>> Always, especially that download if you're unlucky with the mirrors.
>>>
>>> The download is over, I'm now compiling.
>>
>> I don't know which sub-thread to follow / reply to, so I take it
>> chronologically.
>>
>> A bit of success here:
>>
>> booted 3.13.11 with latest systemd and dracut.
>>
>> I had to manually "rm
>> /usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/lvm2-activation-generator" to get
>> that done (and comment the LVs in fstab).
> 
> I don't think deleting any generator is a good idea...
> 
>> I now see an assembled mdadm raid after booting, but no activated LVs.
>>
>> So lvm2 smells ...
> 
> As per the bug you posted, can you show us the contents of your
> initramfs, to check that the LVM binaries are included? And confirm
> that the binaries are the same as in your normal system?

Hm, yes ... I was a bit faster and already applied that patch ... and
had a successful boot with activated and mounted LVs ... currently
rebuilding some gdm/gnome-shell .... etc

I will reboot without all the debug-stuff for testing ... and then maybe
remove the patch and test 3.14.x

... and I will get a beer now. This is gentoo-testers, not gentoo-users
here :-P

S