Confirmed on latest edgy dist-upgrade, with kubuntu-desktop and ubuntu- desktop installed. In addition, knetworkmanager refuses to interface with its backend for the same reason.
Strangely, I have another edgy, pure kubuntu box that does not exhibit this behavior. Nonetheless, I think this confirms this problem... I've done some googling about libpam-foreground, and from what I see it is configured correctly on this system. ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- security policy error with hald after latest updates https://launchpad.net/bugs/58165 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs