[linux-lvm] problem with activating volume group

[linux-lvm] problem with activating volume group

[Frode Ulsund]

Hi there!

I have read all the documentation in the LVM-package and your homepage, but
i can't find a
sollution to my problem in the HOW-TOs.

I run kernel 2.4.13 with Slackware 8.0. I tried to patch the rc.S with the
patch i found on your homepage
but it looks like the patch is allready applied in the distribution.

I have loaded LVM as a module in the boot. Everything runs perfectly until i
try to activate my
volume group "vg01".

When i run  : vgchange -v -d -a y i get the following output, but I don't
really know what the problem is.

Any help is aprichiated.

And thank you for making great software.

mvh
Frode Ulsund
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<333> vg_check_name -- vg_name: "vg01"
<4444> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "vg01"
<4444> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<333> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<22> vg_check_consistency -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<1> vg_create_remove -- IOCTL
<1> vg_create_remove -- IOCTL returned: -22
<1> vg_create_remove -- LEAVING with ret: -22
<> vgchange -- vg_create returned: -22
<1> lvm_error -- CALLED with: -22
<1> lvm_error -- LEAVING with: "Invalid argument"
vgchange -- ERROR "Invalid argument" activating volume group "vg01"
<1> vg_free -- CALLED
<1> vg_free -- entering PV loop
<1> vg_free -- entering LV loop
<1> vg_free -- LEAVING with ret: 0
vgchange -- unlocking logical volume manager
<1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED
<1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: 0
<1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED
<1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: -104

Re: [linux-lvm] problem with activating volume group

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

Frode,

you didn't metion the LVM version you use and if you followed the kernel
patch instrcutions contained in the LVM source distro.

I guess you have a user/kernel code mismatch because 2.4.13 is still not
up to date. Recent Alan Cox kernel is and we hope that he'll update Linus
*soon*.

In order to get a clean LVM configuration, please get the LVM distro
from www.sistina.com and follow the instructions in the files INSTALL
and PATCHES/README.

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --

On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 08:16:47PM +0100, Frode Ulsund wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I have read all the documentation in the LVM-package and your homepage, but
> i can't find a
> sollution to my problem in the HOW-TOs.
> 
> I run kernel 2.4.13 with Slackware 8.0. I tried to patch the rc.S with the
> patch i found on your homepage
> but it looks like the patch is allready applied in the distribution.
> 
> I have loaded LVM as a module in the boot. Everything runs perfectly until i
> try to activate my
> volume group "vg01".
> 
> When i run  : vgchange -v -d -a y i get the following output, but I don't
> really know what the problem is.
> 
> Any help is aprichiated.
> 
> And thank you for making great software.
> 
> mvh
> Frode Ulsund
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <333> vg_check_name -- vg_name: "vg01"
> <4444> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "vg01"
> <4444> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> <333> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> <22> vg_check_consistency -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> <1> vg_create_remove -- IOCTL
> <1> vg_create_remove -- IOCTL returned: -22
> <1> vg_create_remove -- LEAVING with ret: -22
> <> vgchange -- vg_create returned: -22
> <1> lvm_error -- CALLED with: -22
> <1> lvm_error -- LEAVING with: "Invalid argument"
> vgchange -- ERROR "Invalid argument" activating volume group "vg01"
> <1> vg_free -- CALLED
> <1> vg_free -- entering PV loop
> <1> vg_free -- entering LV loop
> <1> vg_free -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> vgchange -- unlocking logical volume manager
> <1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED
> <1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> <1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED
> <1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: -104
> 
> 
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