continue from https://bugs.debian.org/809685
updated to 2.02.141-2 , still "bus error": mator@deb4g:/mnt/1$ dpkg -l lvm2 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===============================-====================-====================-============================= ii lvm2 2.02.141-2 sparc64 Linux Logical Volume Manager mator@deb4g:/mnt/1$ /sbin/lvm lvs WARNING: Running as a non-root user. Functionality may be unavailable. Bus error if I get lvm2 source from git , compile and try to run , there's no "bus error": mator@deb4g:/mnt/1$ git clone https://git.fedorahosted.org/git/lvm2.git mator@deb4g:/mnt/1$ cd lvm2 mator@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2$ ./configure && make -j mator@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2$ find . -name lvm ./tools/lvm mator@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2$ sudo -s root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./libdm root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm lvs root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm pvs root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm pvcreate /dev/vdiske1 Physical volume "/dev/vdiske1" successfully created root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm pvcreate /dev/vdiske2 Physical volume "/dev/vdiske2" successfully created root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/vdiske1 lvm2 --- 953.00m 953.00m /dev/vdiske2 lvm2 --- 953.00m 953.00m root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm vgs root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm vgcreate vg1 /dev/vdiske1 /dev/vdiske2 Volume group "vg1" successfully created root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm lvcreate -n vg1/lv1 -L100M Logical volume "lv1" created. root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg1/lv1 mke2fs 1.43-WIP (18-May-2015) Creating filesystem with 102400 1k blocks and 25688 inodes Filesystem UUID: ae62d8e9-37fb-4282-a536-3a529739817c Superblock backups stored on blocks: 8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729 Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (4096 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# mkdir /lvtest root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# mount /dev/vg1/lv1 /lvtest root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# root@deb4g:/mnt/1/lvm2# tools/lvm version LVM version: 2.02.142(2)-git (2016-01-25) Library version: 1.02.116-git (2016-01-25) Driver version: 4.34.0