On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>> By running journalctl, I got the following: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> kernel: ata1.00 exception emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 action 0x0 kernel: >>>>>>> ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x24 kernel: ata1.00: failed command: READ >>>>>>> DMA EXT >>>>>> >>>>>> ata1.00 is your first hard disk >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Reindl. I only have one hard disk in my computer, which runs >>>>> only Fedora 18. >>>> >>>> As a consequence of this problem, I cannot boot my computer. This >>>> problem occurred after the last updates, which included >>>> selinux-policy. >>> >>> i doubt that HARDWARE errors have anything to do with selinux-policy >> >> Thanks again, Reindl. By using smartctl, I get a message similar to the one >> below: >> >> Error 18 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 12126 hours (505 days + 6 >> hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was >> active or idle. >> > Boot your machine with enforcing=0 on the kernel line. If you still have the > problem, then it is probably not SELinux. If it works, then I would try to > relabel. Thanks, Daniel. I have meanwhile overcome the problem by re-installing Fedora. Now, everything seems to be working perfectly. By the way, enforcing=0 was to be placed in the line that starts with the word 'linux', right? How can one do the relabeling? Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
