no more desktop after 20060720 updates

[Tom Diehl]

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Jim Cornette wrote:

> Tom London wrote:
>> On 7/23/06, Jim Cornette <fct-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Tom London wrote:
>>> > On 7/23/06, Jim Cornette <fct-cornette at insight.rr.com> wrote:
>>> >> It sounds like you have the same limitation due to selinux that I have.
>>> >> I added enforcing=0 in grub.conf since the problem is so long without
>>> >> a fix.
>>> >> The problem I believe is related to one of the mesa libraries.
>>> >>
>>> >> Basically, what you are seeing is a system without a windows manager.
>>> >> (compare to program manager in windows)
>>> >> Therefore, all you have is the last application pegged on your desktop
>>> >> in the upper left corner.
>>> >>
>>> >> You could try running 'setenforce 0' in a root terminal and then logout
>>> >> of kde and starting gnome instead. Gnome should start if your problem 
>>> is
>>> >> related to selinux.
>>> >>
>>> >> Jim
>>> >>
>>> > BTW, rawhide  has fixed SELinux issue for a while (at least for me).....
>>> >
>>> > tom
>>> 
>>> Have you downgraded any packages or ran any SELinux incantations? It is
>>> still busted when I tested it after your comment that it was fixed in
>>> rawhide.
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> -- 
>>> "Never underestimate the power of a small tactical nuclear weapon."
>>> 
>> The only package I downgraded was xorg-x11-xinit from -8 back to -7.
>> Also moved /etc/X11/xinit/xintrc.d/localuser.sh out of the way.
>> 
>> Otherwise, I think I'm running the latest rawhide packages,
>> targeted/enforcing, with allow_execmem=0.
>> 
>> tom
>> 
>
> The allow_execmem=0 is the item that allows you to boot into metacity.
> I filed a bug since there were a few comments regarding the glibGL error and 
> apparently no bug report to inform the X maintainer/developer.
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199886
>
> The problem is still present and related to execmem.

FWIW, I just updated to the latested rawhide and for the first time in several
weeks I can login with selinux enabled. I rebooted after the update and selinux
relabeled and I can once again login without playing any games with selinux
or metacity.

No magic incantations necessary. :-)

Regards,

Tom
>
> Thanks!
> Jim
>
>