On 10/12/07, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jonathan Underwood wrote: > > On 12/10/2007, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> The Attack occurred 2 days AFTER I turned SELinux from off to passive > >> mode. The computer is in almost unusable shape. > >> > >> If you want to see anything let me know. I will send it. I am going > >> to see what dmesg has to say. > >> > > > > What precisely is the problem? All you have conveyed so far is: > > > > a) You're getting the ip6tables error message on boot indicating that > > protocol 51 is unmatched (this is nothing serious). > > > > b) Cups failed to start > > > > c) Thunderbird took a long time to load. > > > > And for some reason, you think SElinux is at the heart of the > > troubles, but you haven't yet explained what made you reach that > > conclusion. You need to be much more precise in describing your > > problem if you want people to help you. > > > > Is the problem simply that your machine is exhibiting a high load and > > so is very slow? > > > > > Yes the ONLY problem is that a F7 that was working just fine all by > itself found it can not locate cups. After 10 minutes it does find cups > but then it can't find sendmail for around 5 minutes. Then it comes up > very slow and when clear up into xwindows it still doesn't all work. > When it got to a point I could operate the SELinux control panels I > tried to turn SELinux off. To see what happens. Well just now looking at > dmesg the dam SELinux is not turned off! So what is the best way to make > sure this thing is turned off? 1. fix your tone 2. if you're going to accuse SELinux, give some evidence 3. use system-config-securitylevel to turn SELinux off 4. read the replies you receive... you've already been told how to turn it off -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
