Start-up SELinux/Kernel Issue: Resolved -- sort of

[Rahul]

Paul Michael Reilly wrote:
> I had sent two previous messages on this issue and heard not a word.
> I'm really perplexed why it only seems to affect my system ...
> 
> In any case the problem was, briefly, that when restarting Rawhide/FC6
> on my Thinkpad A31p laptop, the startup process would get to the point
> that it would draw the fat X in the middle of the screen and then
> hang. 


You should use fedora-test list to discuss devel/test tree issues.


  Using the original kernel worked fine but newer kernels would
> result in the strange hang.  Paying close attention after installing
> the most recent kernel, I noticed a text message just before X took
> over that smacked of SELinux (... avc ... denied ... comm="hwclck"
> ... --- all of this is from memory since I don't know how to freeze
> the screen during startup and I don't know where this message might be
> recorded. It is not in /var/log/messages).  Taking a wild guess that
> it might be SELinux, I disabled it and sure enough the system booted
> properly.
> 
> So I'll try again: any suggestions on what component I should file a
> bug against? 

selinux-policy component.

  Any suggestions on how I can capture what is really
> going that SELinux is taking issue with?
> 

AVC denied messages are logged in /var/log/messages or /var/log/audit 
(if audit daemon is enabled)

Rahul