Dapper FT2 install ok, X fails after updates re opening SecurityPolicy

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 01:10:09PM -0800, Randall J. Parr wrote:
> I installed Dapper FT2 amd64 on a Supermicro H8DCE nForce4, Opteron,
> nVidia 7800GT system last night.
> 
> The install went fine and I was thrilled to see my Areca RAID controller
> (arcmsr) was recognized.
> 
> I was also happy to see the install appeared to install/configure the
> nVidia driver.
> 
> But... (there's always a but isn't there?)
> 
> After I applied the 120+ updates the X start up ends with a message about
> "error opening security policy file: /usr/lib/xserver/SecurityPolicy"
> although the files is there.
> 
> Is this a known problem?
> 
> Is there (will there be) a known solution?
> 
> What additional information can I supply?

That's not the actual error, if you're seeing any -- failing to open
SecurityPolicy is non-fatal.  If you're using Xorg, looking at
Xorg.0.log can be instructive.  If not (Xvfb, Xephyr, Xnest, whatever),
then the console output is all you have.

> P.S. Is this the proper forum for this kind of Dapper question or should
> they be posted on user list?

They should go to ubuntu-users instead.