On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 11:28 -0500, Hongwei Li wrote: > > Hongwei Li wrote: > >> I updated selinux-policy-targeted from 1.23.16-6 to 1.25.4-10.1, then > >> service > >> dovecot can start without error. However, booting process still shows > >> error: > >> > >> Setting up Logical Volume Management: /var/lock mkdir failed, read-only > >> filesystem > >> > >> Setting selinux default as permissive, then reboot, still get the same > >> error. > >> So, this one is not selinux issue. Then, what does it actually mean? How to > >> fix it? BTW, I reinstalled FC4 twice, the same situation. > > > > I think you may be able to ignore this one. When rc.sysinit is doing > > "Setting up Logical Volume Management", it runs lvm with the > > --ignorelockingfailure option (see "man lvm") because everything is > > initially mounted read-only and locks can't be set. So although the > > error message is generated, booting proceeds as normal. > > > > Paul. > > > > Thanks! That makes me easy. However, I wonder if everybody gets this same > error or not. If yes, then why fc4 release can't fix this issue? (fc4 is not > released recently). If not, why just me getting this error. Since I am going > to run/install many other packages (I haven't done anything else), I am > worried about this problem. Hope it will not cause any new problem. > > Thanks! > > Hongwei > Report it as a bug to bugzilla. IIRC: The error also occurs in rawhide. Bob...
