After running fsck on /var, lvdisplay command outputs "locking type 1 initialization failed" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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Issue

  • After ran fsck on /var, lvdisplay command outputs the following:
locking type 1 initialization failed 
  • Also, users are not able to login to the system

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3

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