F14: can't get java running

[Fernando Cassia]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Mauriat Miranda <mlists at mjmwired.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Tony Camuso <tcamuso at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>>> Did you get an SELinux alert or warning ?
>>
>> No SELinux warnings.
>>
>>> (Do you have SELinux enabled?)
>>
>> Yes, SELinux is enabled.
>>
>> Should I try setting it to Permissive or Disabling it?
>
> SELinux may or may not be the problem.
> Quit Firefox, run the following and relaunch Firefox:
>
> # chcon -t execmem_exec_t /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox
>
> I'm pretty sure I needed this when installing Sun Java, however I did
> see the alerts for this.  I don't know if is still needed or if the
> selinux-policy has been changed to accommodate this.

The way I see it, SELinux is very good at protecting computers from
being used by its owners. The killer feature for SELinux is to disable
it... it seems...

FC