I had the same problem; happened after I installed linux- image-2.6.28-6-386 (possibly a coincidence, but I'd be surprised). For me, at least, it was an apparmor issue:
r...@bree:/etc/apparmor.d# ls -al /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 7 10:18 /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled Since its permissions are 444, it clearly should be allowed to read. I admit that, since it's my personal machine, I cheated, and, instead of learning how to fix it "right" in apparmor, I just did: /etc/init.d/apparmor stop chmod -x /etc/init.d/apparmor NOTE: I do *NOT* recommend that as a work-around for a production or Internet-accessible box. -- CUPS not starting due to error reading `/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392337 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs