new kernel kernel-2.6.28-0.106.rc6.git4.fc11.i686 hangs atsystem logger

[Tom London]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Chris <quantumburnz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Antonio,
> I was having this problem as well, it would take a long time for it to get
> passed Starting System Logger.  Boot to init level 1 so you can get to a
> command prompt, vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux and change whatever SELINUX is to
> permissive.  I know we don't want to leave SELinux this way but it's the
> only way I've found around the problem thusfar.
>
> Chris
>
> From: Antonio Olivares
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:51 AM
> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: new kernel kernel-2.6.28-0.106.rc6.git4.fc11.i686 hangs
> atsystem logger
> --- On Thu, 12/4/08, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: new kernel kernel-2.6.28-0.106.rc6.git4.fc11.i686 hangs at system
>> logger
>> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 5:06 AM
>> Dear fellow testers,
>>
>> I have tried on two machine with the new kernel, and both
>> times it hangs one hangs at Starting System Logger, and the
>> other one, I do not know where, then there are some
>> Permission denied: like for NFS statd, for rpcbind, then it
>> hangs again at starting HAL daemon.  I guess we have to wait
>> for another newer kernel that bypasses these troubles :)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>
> I need a bit of help, as this machine does not boot anymore :(
>
> It first stops at
> Starting HAL daemon:
>
> Then after a while it goes to
> Starting anacron:
>
> and it just hangs there.  Should I boot into level 1.  I tried booting into
> level 3, but can't get past these troubles :(
>
> Regards,
>
> Antonio
>
>

A simpler way to "boot up in permissive mode" is just to add
"enforcing=0" to the boot line. Easy and quick to add each time you
want to boot in permissive mode.

Antonio, will your system boot with "enforcing=0" added to the boot line?

tom
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Tom London