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Reported by: Mbuc <marcosbuchi1983 <at> gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:48:03 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
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Your bug report
#76952: bug report
which was filed against the parted package, has been closed.
The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 76952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.
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On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:45:46PM -0400, Mbuc wrote:
> [mbuc83 <at> localhost ~]$ *parted /dev/mapper/rl-root*
> WARNING: You are not superuser. Watch out for permissions.
> /dev/mapper/control: open failed: Permission denied
> Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
> Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.198-RHEL9 (2024-05-16) and kernel driver
> (unknown version).
Not really sure what you are trying to do here, you aren't root and you
shouldn't be running parted on the LV. Also it seems to think you used a
wildcard for the device path which also isn't something that's
supported.
>
> *Unable to determine the dm type of /dev/mapper/rl-root.*
So, not really a bug. Run it as root, and use the correct device path.
Brian
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Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
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[mbuc83 <at> localhost ~]$ *parted /dev/mapper/rl-root*
WARNING: You are not superuser. Watch out for permissions.
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: Permission denied
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.198-RHEL9 (2024-05-16) and kernel driver
(unknown version).
You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:
Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:
Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
the last version of GNU Parted that you can find at:
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/
Please check this version prior to bug reporting.
If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
please visit the GNU Parted website:
http://www.gnu.org/software/parted
for further information.
Your report should contain the version of this release (3.5)
along with the error message below, the output of
parted DEVICE unit co print unit s print
and the following history of commands you entered.
Also include any additional information about your setup you
consider important.
*Unable to determine the dm type of /dev/mapper/rl-root.*
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