Here are some additional details about the fatal error during a
kickstart installation of Fedora Core 2 test 3:
When the installation fails, anaconda presents a dialog box containing:
"There was an error installing at-3.1.18-52. This can indicate media
failure, lack of disk space, and/or hardware problems. This is a fatal
error and your install will be aborted. Please verify your media and
try your install again."
The last few lines on the F3 console are:
* moving (1) to step installpackages
* setting file_context_path to nil
* Initial install time estimate = 21.xxxxxxx
The F4 console shows a huge number of messages that begin with:
<3> audit(...): avc: denied {XXX} ...
where "XXX" is "gettattr" or "use" or "write" or "searc"h or several
others.
If I perform a kickstart installation with a configuration file that is
identical to the one causing the problems, but with "-at" in the
packages section, the installation is successful. However, if I then
(as root) try to install the at-3.1.18-52 package, I get well over 1000
lines of messages; here are some examples:
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:smbd_var_run_t on line number 1535
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:nmbd_var_run_t on line number 1536
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:samba_spool_t on line number 1537
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:scannerdaemon_exec_t on line number 1539
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:scannerdaemon_etc_t on line number 1540
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:scannerdaemon_log_t on line number 1541
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:screen_exec_t on line number 1543
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:user_home_screen_t on line number 1544
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:user_home_screen_t on line number 1545
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:screen_dir_t on line number 1546
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:screensaver_exec_t on line number 1549
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:bin_t on line number 1550
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:user_screensaver_rw_t on line number 1551
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: invalid context
system_u:object_r:user_screensaver_rw_t on line number 1552
The at-3.1.18 package seems to install despite these messages, based on
the report from "rpm -qi at".
I'm not doing anything overt to enable or disable SELinux (I'm using
whatever is the default). My selection of packages is about 2.2 GB, and
I'm installing on a 12 GB partition. I've defragmented the disk on the
HTTP server host and reloaded the files from the Fedora Core CDs. The
CDs pass the media check, and an interactive installation does not
object to the at-3.1.18 package.
I hope to solve this problem without getting the new Fedora Core iso
images, because I live in an area with only two choices for Internet
access: dialup at roughly 9600 baud, or two-way satellite connection
with severe limitations on bandwidth once a download exceeds 150 MB.
Each iso image requires >40 hours to download.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks to Philip Rowlands for his very
helpful previous comments.
Gary Ford
Plaid Flannel Software
