On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 19:12 +0800, Deepak Shrestha wrote: > On 7/29/06, Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 11:24 +0800, Deepak Shrestha wrote: > > > > D'oh, silly me. The answer was there is the first post of this thread. > > > > The file concerned was /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/modules.dep.temp, > > > > probably created during installation of the > > > > kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 package. > > > > > > > > If a file of that name is created by depmod, it should have the > > > > modules_dep_t file context type. However, if it's created by an > > > > unconfined process (e.g. by just doing "touch > > > > /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/modules.dep.temp"), it'll get the > > > > modules_object_t context type, which is what caused the problem. So the > > > > question is, how did that file get created? > > > > > > > > It would be useful if you could try uninstalling > > > > kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5, making sure that > > > > /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/modules.dep.temp does not exist, making > > > > sure that you're in enforcing mode, then trying to reinstall > > > > kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 and see if the problem happens again. > > > > > > > > Paul. > > > > > > > > > > Hi paul, > > > > > > does date/time stamping the file can create this issue? I am asking > > > this question because I noticed that my system's internal clock is not > > > working (guess battery is dead). I did change it few times because it > > > was showing the wrong date and time but didn't noticed that it was > > > hardware problem. May be this could have affected the date/time stamp > > > of some files. Well I don't know how this affects but is this > > > possible?? > > > > > > I haven't fixed the clock yet but I'll do that by today. > > > > Changing the timestamp shouldn't affect the file context. > > > > The modules.dep.temp file shouldn't even exist most of the time, as it's > > just a temp file created by depmod. > > > > Paul. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > I have checked the /lib/modules/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5/ > and found > "modules.dep" but not "modules.dep.temp" anymore. > Paul, uninstalling and reinstalling the kernel will be difficult for > me right now because, I had done many things after upgrade to kernel > specially my "nvidia" drivers which is not compatible with the older > kernel version (6.15) and may give more problem. I think I will stick > with current settings right now until next similar problem arises > (hope not). > > Anyway thanks a lot and Good day! > Note that Paul did not suggest uninstalling the kernel. He suggested uninstalling kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5, which is only the ntfs module, and will not affect any other modules or the kernel itself.
