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Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] problem cryptdisks_start
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On 12/23/2010 10:39 PM, Benno Rieger wrote:
> Most time (but not everytime) when i call cryptdisks_start it reports:
>  
> #cryptdisks_start extern0
> 
> Starting crypto disk...extern0 (starting)...
> semid 2293761: semop failed for cookie 0xd4d580e: incorrect semaphore
> state

This is problem in device-mapper library (which cryptsetup uses).

Which version you have installed? What architecture it is?
(I remember similar bug on ppc here which as fixed upstream)

Milan