From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Nov 28 08:27:44 2018 Received: (at 33537) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Nov 2018 13:27:44 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52946 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRzsV-000470-Mt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:27:43 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44742) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRzsT-00046m-VF for 33537@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:27:42 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRzsN-0000Eu-6c for 33537@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:27:36 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36462) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRzsN-0000Ep-3c; Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:27:35 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=59734 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gRzsM-0001lf-Mp; Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:27:35 -0500 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Subject: Re: bug#33537: guix system error: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda2": Invalid argument References: X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 8 Frimaire an 227 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:27:32 +0100 In-Reply-To: (znavko's message of "Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:24:21 +0100 (CET)") Message-ID: <87mupt49iz.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 33537 Cc: 33537@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) Hi, skribis: > # guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm > ... > guix system: error: exception caught while executing 'start' on service '= swap-/dev/sda2': > In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda2": Invalid argument... According to swapon(2), there are 3 conditions that can lead to this error: EINVAL The file path exists, but refers neither to a regular file = nor to a block device; EINVAL (swapon()) The indicated path does not contain a valid swap= signature or resides on an in-memory filesystem such as tmpfs(5). EINVAL (since Linux 3.4) (swapon()) An invalid flag value was specified in flags. Did you run =E2=80=9Cmkswap /dev/sda2=E2=80=9D beforehand? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.