mysql tries to use pthread_setschedparam() with policy = SCHED_OTHER, which is not standardized and is not presently supported on Red Hat platforms; in fact it generates lots of SELinux warnings (bug #477624). Easiest fix is to disable the configure test for it. diff -Naur mysql-5.1.33.orig/configure.in mysql-5.1.33/configure.in --- mysql-5.1.33.orig/configure.in 2009-03-13 17:48:52.000000000 -0400 +++ mysql-5.1.33/configure.in 2009-04-07 19:27:25.000000000 -0400 @@ -2046,10 +2046,10 @@ localtime_r gethrtime gmtime_r \ locking longjmp lrand48 madvise mallinfo memcpy memmove \ mkstemp mlockall perror poll pread pthread_attr_create mmap mmap64 getpagesize \ - pthread_attr_getstacksize pthread_attr_setprio pthread_attr_setschedparam \ + pthread_attr_getstacksize pthread_attr_setprio \ pthread_attr_setstacksize pthread_condattr_create pthread_getsequence_np \ pthread_key_delete pthread_rwlock_rdlock pthread_setprio \ - pthread_setprio_np pthread_setschedparam pthread_sigmask readlink \ + pthread_setprio_np pthread_sigmask readlink \ realpath rename rint rwlock_init setupterm \ shmget shmat shmdt shmctl sigaction sigemptyset sigaddset \ sighold sigset sigthreadmask port_create sleep \