I have a standard Fedora 8 system which I keep up to date whenever the update manager says there are updates. When I updated last I got a new kernel: 2.6.25.4-10.fc8 When I run my custom backup program it fails to write to my USB memory sticks giving "Operation not permitted" error messages. When I use cp at the console I can copy the backup files to my USB memory sticks without any problems. If I reboot and use the old kernel, 2.6.24.7-92.fc8, everything works fine. (PS I don't think it is an SELinux problem. I have that set to permissive but retried with it disabled and neither setting made a difference.)
bug 449080 in F9
Fix went in 2.6.25.6-30
kernel-2.6.25.9-40.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8
kernel-2.6.25.9-40.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-5880
kernel-2.6.25.9-40.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
I don't know how to get that kernel. Here's what yum says: : yum list "kernel*" Installed Packages kernel.i686 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 installed kernel.i686 2.6.24.7-92.fc8 installed kernel-headers.i386 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 installed Available Packages kernel.i586 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-PAE.i686 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-PAE-debug.i686 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-PAE-debug-devel.i686 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-PAE-devel.i686 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-debug.i686 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-debug-devel.i686 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-devel.i586 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-devel.i686 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.25.6-27.fc8 updates kernel-xen.i686 2.6.21.7-3.fc8 updates kernel-xen-2.6-doc.noarch 2.6.21.7-3.fc8 updates kernel-xen-devel.i686 2.6.21.7-3.fc8 updates
I just got an update message and updated my kernel so now I have 2.6.25.9-40.fc8. After rebooting I got the same scary USB messages (which I don't get with 2.6.24* but did get with 2.6.25.6*): hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 3 hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 6 hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 8 but despite those messages, everything now seems to work fine! Thanks!