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Bug 13685

Summary:	GUI install fails: "error opening security policy file"
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Brent Nordquist <b-nordquist>
Component:	XFree86	Assignee:	Preston Brown <pbrown>
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Version:	7.1
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Description Brent Nordquist 2000-07-11 00:58:49 UTC

During a graphical install of Winston Beta-3, the 3.3.6 X server loaded,
and the RedHat splash screen was briefly displayed.  The following error
was then displayed:

error opening security policy file .../X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
sending terminal signals

(sorry about the "..." above, it is only displayed briefly, so that's what
I was able to write down)

The machine then reboots, thus aborting the graphical install.  This is a
machine with a Diamond Viper V550 (nVidia RIVA TNT).

Comment 1 Brent Nordquist 2000-07-11 02:00:41 UTC

Strangely enough, when using the .new-boot.img posted by Erik Troan today, I get
all the way to the language selection screen (past this bug).  I'm surprised the
boot disk fixes this, but apparently that's the magic panacea for Beta-3.  :-)

Comment 2 Brent Nordquist 2000-07-11 03:58:37 UTC

...I noticed, at the end of a successful graphical install, that the above
security policy file error IS still appearing on VT1.  I guess that means this
bug (the sudden reboot during installation) was caused by something else that
was broken with Beta-3 but fixed by Erik's updated boot disk.

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2000-07-14 03:56:39 UTC

This message has been existence since (IIRC) 6.1 beta.  It's basically due to
the fact that a full install of XFree isn't included in the install image.  I
can't find the original bug report that I filed on this then with a quick
search.

Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2000-07-22 20:43:54 UTC

Yes; the security policy thing is a red herring. Does
the *crash* persists with beta4 or later?

Comment 5 Brent Nordquist 2000-08-01 00:50:24 UTC

No, the crash does not happen with Pinstripe Beta-5.  However, the security
policy file error is still there in that release.

Comment 6 Bill Nottingham 2000-08-03 03:14:47 UTC

It's not really a problem with the install, as it doesn't
affect normal operation.

Comment 7 Bill Nottingham 2000-08-14 22:52:42 UTC

*** Bug 15697 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***