vncserver giving Oh No. Something has gone wrong?

[Daniel J Walsh]

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On 11/21/2012 04:37 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> On 20 Nov 2012 at 15:10, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> 
> From:           	"Michael D. Setzer II" <mikes at kuentos.guam.net> To:
> users at lists.fedoraproject.org Date sent:      	Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:10:26
> +1000 Subject:        	vncserver giving Oh No. Something has gone wrong? 
> Priority:       	normal
> 
>> Have a machine that I setup Fedora 17 on some time ago, and vnc works
>> just fine, but have recently done a clean install on another machine, and
>> it connects fine, prompts for password, but then displays the Oh No.
>> Something has gone wrong. The machines have the same video cards, and
>> have the same xstartup. Don't see anything in the log files that stand
>> out.
>> 
>> Any ideals on where to look for were to seach for the problem. The
>> machine that works was originally setup right after 17 came out, and it
>> installed vnc with no problem. The new one did a clean install, then was
>> fully updated, and then went to install vnc and it gives the Oh No
>> message?
>> 
> Problem turned out to be selinux related. Once I set it to permissive, it
> would allow the screen to come up, but no mention of the selinux problems
> in the logs.
> 
> 
>> 
>> +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D.
>> Setzer II -  Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College  Computer
>> Center mailto:mikes at kuentos.guam.net mailto:msetzerii at gmail.com 
>> http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins
>>  G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer 
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>> +----------------------------------------------------------+
>> 
>> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned:
>> 19,471 Processing time:  32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total
>> Hours: 287,489)
>> 
>> BOINC at HOME CREDITS SETI        13309738.310486   |   EINSTEIN
>> 9111164.659852 ROSETTA      5386704.024342   |   ABC
>> 15451200.572681
>> 
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> 
> +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D.
> Setzer II -  Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College  Computer
> Center mailto:mikes at kuentos.guam.net mailto:msetzerii at gmail.com 
> http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins
>  G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ 
> +----------------------------------------------------------+
> 
> http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned:
> 19,471 Processing time:  32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total
> Hours: 287,489)
> 
> BOINC at HOME CREDITS SETI        13309738.310486   |   EINSTEIN
> 9114415.909852 ROSETTA      5391250.470993   |   ABC
> 15466517.133670
> 

Does

# ausearch -m avc -ts recent

Show any output?

If not, it could be a dontaudit rule, you could try

# semodule -DB

To turn off dontaudit rules

Then run you vnc session,

# ausearch -m avc -ts recent

to collect avcs

#semodule -B

To turn back on dontaudit rules.
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