Re: [tlug] Hi from new server and a couple of questions

["GMO Unix Erin D. Hughes" <erin-hughes@example.com>]

> The only reason I was thinking the freeze was caused by selinux was 
> because on reboot after each freeze, fsck tags the /tmp filesystem as 
> dirty and asks for root password to perform maintenance. Also there are 
> previous bug reports about how some programs crash because /tmp cannot be 
> mounted 'noexec' with selinux enforcing. The logs don't contain any clues 
> because the system freezes before anything can be written.
I would definitely try disable SELINUX after the next reboot. Give that a try. 
I do not run SELINUX cause it ussually causes more problems than it
resolves. If anyone has had great experiances and results with it I
would love to hear about them.  
 
> Botond mentioned using strace as a way to troubleshoot this- I've never 
> used strace before- would I initiate an strace on the PID for example of 
> xmms before it crashes? I've read the fine manual for strace but I need to 
> do a lot more studying before I can grep this command.
For strace I usually use  #strace -fp "PID" -o /path/to/output/file 

> Again, thanks for your advice everyone.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Scott VanDusen
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