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Running an LVM command returns "File-based locking initialisation failed" or "Locking type 1 initialisation failed"

Solution Unverified - Updated 2018-04-12T18:52:05+00:00 -

Issue

Running any LVM command returns a failure indicating locking initialisation has failed.
On RHEL4, the following message is seen: "Locking type 1 initialisation failed."
On RHEL5 or RHEL6, the following message is seen: "File-based locking initialisation failed"

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6
/var filesystem is readonly

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