Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> I consider my system a "production machine" in the sense that I have 
> placed much work on it, and aim to stability. :-)
> 
> 
> However I came across this:
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-November/msg00133.html
> 
> 
> and when I try to run [Preferences::Removable Storage] under GNOME, I 
> get an error message !, screenshots of which I am sending attached. I 
> will deal with it tomorrow, and see what happens.
> 
> 
> I hope the situation doesn't get any more worse.


[root@localhost download]# hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes
19:04:40.237 [I] hald.c:394: hal 0.4.2
19:04:40.238 [I] hald.c:398: Will not daemonize
19:04:40.253 [E] hald_dbus.c:1934: dbus_bus_get(): An SELinux policy prevents this sender 
from sending this message to this recipient (rejected message had interface 
"org.freedesktop.DBus" member "Hello" error name "(unset)" destination "org.freedesktop.DBus")

[root@localhost download]#


Found this page: https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-November/msg00085.html


I think the proper solution for SL 4.2 problems is either go back to previous SELinux 
policy or disable SELinux altogether (if the first choice doesn't work).