On Tuesday, 2017-06-20 12:45:15 +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> > --- > doc/building.dox | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/building.dox b/doc/building.dox > index 5ce21463..25594da8 100644 > --- a/doc/building.dox > +++ b/doc/building.dox > @@ -102,6 +102,33 @@ overwriting manually installed files. > <li><b>Arch</b>: ```sudo packman -S libinput```</li> > </ul> > > +@subsection building_selinux SELinux adjustments > + > +On systems with SELinux, overwriting the distribution-provided package with > +a manually built libinput may cause SELinux denials. This usually manifests > +when gdm does not start because it is denied access to libinput. The journal > +shows a log message in the form of: > + > +<pre> > +May 25 15:28:42 localhost.localdomain audit[23268]: AVC avc: denied { > execute } for pid=23268 comm="gnome-shell" > path="/usr/lib64/libinput.so.10.12.2" dev="dm-0" ino=1709093 > scontext=system_u:system_r:xdm_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 > tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 tclass=file permissive=0 > +May 25 15:28:42 localhost.localdomain org.gnome.Shell.desktop[23270]: > /usr/bin/gnome-shell: error while loading shared libraries: libinput.so.10: > failed to map segment from shared object > +</pre> > + > +The summary of this error message is that gdm's gnome-shell runs in the > +```system_u:system_r:xdm_t``` context but libinput is installed with the > +context ```unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t```. > + > +To avoid this issue, restore the SELinux context for any system files. > + > +<pre> > +$> sudo restorecon /usr/lib/libinput.so.* > +$> sudo restorecon /usr/lib64/libinput.so.* > +</pre> > + > +Pick whichever one is your libdir.
You don't need this note if you give that command instead :) $> sudo restorecon /usr/lib*/libinput.so.* Reviewed-by: Eric Engestrom <[email protected]> > + > +This issue is tracked in https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1967. > + > @subsection building_dependencies Build dependencies > > libinput has a few build-time dependencies that must be installed prior to > -- > 2.13.0 > _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
