early in boot I see [ 14.383254] type=1400 audit(1314194721.539:4): avc: denied { create } for pid=756 comm="udisks-lvm-pv-e" name="lvm" scontext=system_u:system_r:lvm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tclass=dir That seems plausible, but I don't know ... selinux-policy-targeted-3.10.0-18.fc16.noarch dracut-013-4.fc16.noarch See also Bug 733046
So this relates with livecd image also.
Note: udisks version 1.0.4 (just built) actually doesn't have the udisks-lvm-pv-export tool (for other reasons)
udisks-1.0.4-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/udisks-1.0.4-1.fc16
Package udisks-1.0.4-1.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing udisks-1.0.4-1.fc16' as soon as you are able to, then reboot. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/udisks-1.0.4-1.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
udisks-1.0.4-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.