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

[Paul Howarth]

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

SELinux denials will be recorded in /var/log/audit/audit.log if auditd 
is running, and /var/log/messages otherwise. You'll need the AVC message 
to identify the component.

Rawhide/Test release issues should really be discussed on 
fedora-test-list or fedora-devel-list though. Or for SELinux issues, 
fedora-selinux-list is useful.

Paul.