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Do you have /var on a separate partition? +</I>><i> no, same patition. I have / swap and /home +</I>>><i> 2. If so, did my updated package allow you to mount it OK in the initrd +</I>>><i> (you can pass rd.break=mount and then check the /sysroot/var dir to see +</I>>><i> if it's mounted - you will have to type "exit" once to actually do the +</I>>><i> mount IIRC). +</I>>><i> 3. If the conversion is done with rd.break=prepivot, does the +</I>>><i> /sysroot/var/run symlink exist (again you may need to do "exit" once to +</I>>><i> actually trigger the conversion). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> If so, then something is later on *removing* the /var/run symlink again. +</I>><i> I only know its not there and that is why the network doesn't start. Also about for other services +</I>><i> need to timeout during boot because of the missing /var/run +</I> +Ahh so that's where the timeout problems occur. OK, that makes sense indeed. + +Just need to work out when /var/run symlink when missing. + +Sadly, I need to get systems where this keeps reoccuring, sadly by +completing the upgrade fully it now means we can't debug the causes. + +Hopefully someone will be able to reproduce it on a snapshotted VM so we +can reply various scenarios :) + +>><i> In my earlier tests it was mandriva-clean-var-run-lock.service that +</I>>><i> killed the symlinks. I made sure to disable it by rm'ing the symlink: +</I>>><i> /lib/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/mandriva-clean-var-run-lock.servic +</I>>><i> e +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I fear it is somehow still running for you and killing of /var/run. +</I>><i> Could be but I don't know what. I know need the system to do some packaging. +</I> +Yeah completely understandable. I'm sure we'll find a way to reproduce +it in laboratory settings :) + +>>><i> after network runs, remove the /var/run (otherwise filesystem will not +</I>>>><i> install) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> No, /var/run should just be a symlink to /run then filesystem installs +</I>>><i> fine - this is how it's meant to be, but something somewhere is going +</I>>><i> wrong! +</I>>><i> +</I>>>><i> then use urpmi --auto-update +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> ( got the message "/" is mount read-only a few times and had to re-boot +</I>>>><i> and go throught the /var/run cycle as desribed above) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Something has to be nuking the /var/run symlink on your system. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Does "systemctl status mandriva-clean-var-run-lock.service" indicate +</I>>><i> it's been run? Does +</I>>><i> [/usr]/lib/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/mandriva-clean-var-run-lock. +</I>>><i> service still exist somehow? +</I>><i> not anymore. Teh problem went away after about 1,000packges have been upgraded or maybe before. +</I>><i> I still have +</I>><i> mandriva-boot-links +</I>><i> mandriva-save-dmesg +</I> + +Yeah, the mandriva-clean-var-run-lock.service is no longer shipped in +cauldron/mga3's initscripts package (with the move to /run it's no +longer needed). + +I'm still confused as to what's causing the problem tho'. + +I don't suppose you happen to have a left over broken symlink to +mandriva-clean-var-run-lock.service somewhere in your +/etc/systemd/system/ tree? If so what's the exact path? (you can safely +remove it now if it exists). + +Col + + + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="020753.html">[Mageia-dev] ANN: Upgrading from Mageia 2 via urpmi +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="020667.html">[Mageia-dev] Big problem with a rpm => freeswitch +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#20756">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#20756">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#20756">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#20756">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |