Bug#791869: System hangs on boot with lvmetad not active

This bug now makes any kernel upgrade (in this case linux-image-4.0.0-2-amd64) cause the system to be unbootable. The system is unable to contact lvmetad and unable to locate the root partition. There is no luks passphrase prompt. Please upgrade this bug to CRITICAL. Or should I file a

Bug#791869: Info received (Bug#791869: System hangs on boot with lvmetad not active)

I am unable to reproduce this hang. When I re-enable lvmetad in lvm.conf and run update-initramfs -u, reboot succeeds (many trials). Perhaps it is just the very intermittent failures on SSDs reported by Stefan? -- Ben Caradoc-Davies b...@transient.nz Director Transient Software Limited