[linux-lvm] Trouble 2.2.14 setup - unresolved symbol lvm_map_ptr (My first time)

Heinz Mauelshagen mauelsha at ez-darmstadt.telekom.de
Sun Jan 30 01:51:42 UTC 2000


> Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> 
> > Please have a look at the BUGS file on the <ftp://linux.msede.com/lvm/v0.8>
> > as well. The fixes in there should help.
> 
> Thanks.  I just found that right before this email.

Good.

> 
> Not that this is a big problem but maybe a little bug:
> 
> $ vgdisplay -A
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Could you provide the output of "vgdisplay -dA" to analyze this?

> 
> I did this after I "vgcreate test_vg  /dev/hda8".   It looks like
> "tool/lib/vg_check_active.c" has the same bug as
> "tools/lib/lvm_tab_vg_check_exist_all_vg.c".   I think core dump are problems no?

Yep ;-{(

> 
> I think this project is important for the Linux people, they just do not know
> that a Volume manager is the only way to split up drives and now that drives are
> bigger.  Well..
> 
> I hope to help by my input

Yes, i appreciate this.

> so please do not think I am not happy to have acess to
> this software and this newgroup.

Not at all.

Heinz

> 
> >
> >
> > Heinz
> >
> > > Started from scratch (new kernel code and lvm patch) and got it to work.
> > > At least that part.  Now I am getting a core dump.  I will work this out
> > > too I guess.
> > >
> > > I use veritas every other day in my job as a DBA and it works real nice.
> > > I wish the install for LVM was as easy.  If this stuff does get into the
> > > common source I hope others get it running much easier then I.  Is this
> > > stuff ready for prime time? (Doc, programs and all)
> > >
> > > My current state is below:
> > >
> > > $ vgscan
> > > vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> > > vgscan -- no volume groups found
> > >
> > > $ pvcreate /dev/hda8
> > > pvcreate -- reinitializing physical volume
> > > pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hda8" successfully created
> > >
> > > $ vgcreate main_vg /dev/hda8
> > > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > >
> > >
> > > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:41:49 -0600
> > > > Resent-Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 21:14:28 MEZ
> > > > From: Chris Anderson <chris at alwan.com>
> > > > Organization: Alwan, Inc.
> > > > Subject: Trouble 2.2.14 setup - unresolved symbol lvm_map_ptr (My
> > > > first time)
> > > >
> > > > Ok this is my first try at LVM and I did not get it working.
> > > >
> > > > I ran the 2.2.13 patch on the linux source and it seemed to compile
> > > > file.  I want to setup LVM as a module so I set the flag in the config
> > > > to module.  Do all the compiles then after a reboot i run the below
> > > > commands.  Note I did poke around in the doc and found nothing.
> > > >
> > > > $ depmod -a
> > > > /lib/modules/2.2.14/block/lvm.o: unresolved symbol(s)
> > > >
> > > > $ modprobe lvm
> > > > /lib/modules/2.2.14/block/lvm.o: unresolved symbol lvm_map_ptr
> > > >
> > > > It looks like something is wrong.  Any help please?  I hope this is a
> > > > easy one.
> > > >
> > > > chris at alwan.com
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Systemmanagement CS-TS                           T-Nova
                                                 Entwicklungszentrum Darmstadt
Heinz Mauelshagen                                Otto-Roehm-Strasse 71c
Senior Systems Engineer                          Postfach 10 05 41
                                                 64205 Darmstadt
mge at EZ-Darmstadt.Telekom.de                      Germany
                                                 +49 6151 886-425
                                                          FAX-386
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