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help... X-Server crashed after update

The system:  Ubuntu Hardy Heron running on an MSI K7 mobo with an AMD Duron @ 1.6Ghz and an ATI Radeon 7000/VE video card.  Built about 5 years ago and upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04LTS (Hardy Heron) about 3 years ago.  It's been running solid without any glitches for ages...

I did the following last week:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
and we were off to a massive download and install of a ton of stuff (it had been a couple of months since I done any upgrades on this machine). At any prompt, I choose whatever is the default for answers. After all's said and done... I AM WAY WORSE than I was to begin with... Now I get a message on a blue screen "Failed to start X server..." and the screen goes black with only a blinking cursor at the top. I have no TTY screens either. So, what now... I wait a few minutes and watch the cursor and look at my machine - no hard drive activity, nothing seems to be happening... I decide to force a reboot with the reset button on the computer...

It boots - and I choose to verbosely let it boot and notice a failure during boot of "kernel variables" and something about an unknown key. It continues to boot, eventually getting to a black screen where X is trying to load. Then an ASCII graphic message comes up saying "Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem?" then I get a login prompt telling me I'm at TTY2. While I'm typing all this, another message comes up: "configuration error - unknown item 'FAIL_DELAY' (notify administrator)...  {where's that damned administrator when you need him anyway!!!}

GAWD - WILL IT NEVER END!!! now I totally hosed!!! HELP!!!

I tried to do a 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' but got an error message and it failed. I am still quite concerned about the failed key during the initial bootup so I spent some time poring over my syslog and I've attached it as a zipped textfile. What's most revealing is the entries associated with GDM starting around line 326:
  Apr 10 01:11:05 localhost gdm[4666]: PAM unable to
dlopen(/lib/security/pam_smbpass.so)
  Apr 10 01:11:05 localhost gdm[4666]: PAM [dlerror:
/lib/security/pam_smbpass.so: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory]
  Apr 10 01:11:05 localhost gdm[4666]: PAM adding faulty module:
/lib/security/pam_smbpass.so
and repeated a number of times in the logfile. Now how did that happen??? How did the PAM Shared file get deleted - was this accomplished during the upgrade?

And here is the gdm log file generated:
gdm.log:

  X Window System Version 7.0.0
  Release Date: 21 December 2005
  X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
  Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15.7 i686
  Current Operating System: Linux LazFileServer 2.6.15-53-386 #1
PREEMPT Sun Jan 25 23:29:51 UTC 2009 i686
  Build Date: 16 March 2006
      Before reporting problems, check
http://wiki.x.org
      to make sure that you have the latest
version.
  Module Loader present
  Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default
setting,
      (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II)
informational,
      (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented,
(??) unknown.
  (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Apr 10
01:39:18 2009
  (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONPreInit
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONScreenInit d0000000 0
  (**) RADEON(0): Map: 0xd0000000, 0x02000000
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONSave
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveMode(0x81ff540)
  (**) RADEON(0): Read: 0x0000003c 0x000301f7 0x00000000
  (**) RADEON(0): Read: rd=60, fd=503, pd=3
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveMode returns 0x81ff540
  (**) RADEON(0): DRI New memory map param
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONInitMemoryMap() : 
  (**) RADEON(0):  
mem_size         : 0x02000000
  (**) RADEON(0):  
agp_size         : 0x081ff418
  (**) RADEON(0):  
agp_base         : 0x081ff418
  (**) RADEON(0):   MC_FB_LOCATION   :
0xd1ffd000
  (**) RADEON(0):   MC_AGP_LOCATION  : 0xffffffc0
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONModeInit()
  1280x768       80.14  1280 1344
1480 1680   768  769  772  795 (24,32)
  1280x768       80.14  1280 1344
1480 1680   768  769  772  795 (24,32)
  (**) RADEON(0): Pitch = 10485920 bytes (virtualX = 1280,
displayWidth = 1280)
  (**) RADEON(0): dc=8014, of=16028, fd=356, pd=2
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONInit returns 0x81ffef0
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMode()
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMode(0x81ffef0)
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMemMapRegisters() : 
  (**) RADEON(0):   MC_FB_LOCATION   :
0xd1ffd000
  (**) RADEON(0):   MC_AGP_LOCATION  : 0xffffffc0
  (**) RADEON(0):   Map Changed ! Applying ...
  (**) RADEON(0):   Map applied, resetting engine ...
  (**) RADEON(0): Updating display base addresses...
  (**) RADEON(0): Memory map updated.
  (**) RADEON(0): Programming CRTC1, offset: 0x00000000
  (**) RADEON(0): Wrote: 0x0000003c 0x00010164 0x00000000
(0x0000a700)
  (**) RADEON(0): Wrote: rd=60, fd=356, pd=1
  (**) RADEON(0): GRPH_BUFFER_CNTL from 20205c5c to 20125c5c
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(0)
  (**) RADEON(0): Setting up initial surfaces
  (**) RADEON(0): Initializing fb layer
  (**) RADEON(0): Setting up accel memmap
  (**) RADEON(0): Initializing backing store
  (**) RADEON(0): DRI Finishing init !
  (**) RADEON(0): EngineRestore (32/32)
  (**) RADEON(0): GRPH_BUFFER_CNTL from 20205c5c to 20125c5c
  (**) RADEON(0): Setting up final surfaces
  (**) RADEON(0): Initializing Acceleration
  (**) RADEON(0): EngineInit (32/32)
  (**) RADEON(0): Pitch for acceleration = 160
  (**) RADEON(0): EngineRestore (32/32)
  (**) RADEON(0): Initializing DPMS
  (**) RADEON(0): Initializing Cursor
  (**) RADEON(0): Initializing color map
  (**) RADEON(0): Initializing DGA
  (**) RADEON(0): Initializing Xv
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONScreenInit finished
  error opening security policy file
/etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
  (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
      No such file or directory.
  Error opening /dev/wacom : Invalid argument
  (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
      No such file or directory.
  Error opening /dev/wacom : Invalid argument
  (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
      No such file or directory.
  Error opening /dev/wacom : Invalid argument
  (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
      No such file or directory.
  Error opening /dev/wacom : Invalid argument
  (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
      No such file or directory.
  Error opening /dev/wacom : Invalid argument
  (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/wacom
      No such file or directory.
  Error opening /dev/wacom : Invalid argument
  Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at
priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at
priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at
priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at
priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at
priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at
priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at
priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered
at priority 0
  Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at
priority 0
 
  Fatal server error:
  could not open default font 'fixed'
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONLeaveVT
  (**) RADEON(0): EngineRestore (32/32)
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestore
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMode()
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMode(0x81ff540)
  (**) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMemMapRegisters() : 
  (**) RADEON(0):   MC_FB_LOCATION   :
0xffff0000
  (**) RADEON(0):   MC_AGP_LOCATION  : 0x003fffc0
  (**) RADEON(0):   Map Changed ! Applying ...
  (**) RADEON(0):   Map applied, resetting engine ...
  (**) RADEON(0): Updating display base addresses...
  (**) RADEON(0): Memory map updated.
  (**) RADEON(0): Programming CRTC1, offset: 0x00000000
  (**) RADEON(0): Wrote: 0x0000003c 0x000301f7 0x00000000
(0x0000a700)
  (**) RADEON(0): Wrote: rd=60, fd=503, pd=3
  (**) RADEON(0): Ok, leaving now...
So I looked at my xorg.config file and found a few WACOM device entries - I don't have any WACOM devices on this machine, so I commented out those lines and did a complete reboot - since restarting X won't work and trying to force X to run causes a black screen and a loss of my TTY screens (can't switch to another TTY and only get a black screen with a flashing cursor in upper left corner). Still have no X and I'm still getting the PAM error - AND - I'm noticing that I'm completely missing the entire /etc/X11/Xserver directory <-- it is simply not there at all but the error log indicates there should be a sercurity policy file in there: "error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy". I am displaying below my xorg.conf as well as attaching the Xorg.0.log file (zipped up).

If anyone has any ideas, PLEASE help!

xorg.conf file:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration
file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool,
using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual
page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades
*only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the 
xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically
updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
    FontPath   
"/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath   
"/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath   
"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   
"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   
"/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath   
"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath   
"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath   
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load    "bitmap"
    Load    "ddc"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "extmod"
    Load    "freetype"
    Load    "glx"
    Load    "int10"
    Load    "type1"
    Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Generic
Keyboard"
    Driver       
"kbd"
    Option       
"CoreKeyboard"
    Option       
"XkbRules"    "xorg"
    Option       
"XkbModel"    "pc104"
    Option       
"XkbLayout"    "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Configured
Mouse"
    Driver       
"mouse"
    Option       
"CorePointer"
    Option       
"Device"       
"/dev/input/mice"
    Option       
"Protocol"       
"ExplorerPS/2"
    Option       
"ZAxisMapping"       
"4 5"
    Option       
"Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
EndSection

# Section "InputDevice"
#  Driver       
"wacom"
#  Identifier    "stylus"
#  Option       
"Device"       
"/dev/wacom"         
# Change to 
                                                     
# /dev/input/event
                                                     
# for USB
#  Option       
"Type"         
"stylus"
#  Option       
"ForceDevice"  
"ISDV4"              
# Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

# Section "InputDevice"
#  Driver       
"wacom"
#  Identifier    "eraser"
#  Option       
"Device"       
"/dev/wacom"         
# Change to 
                                                     
# /dev/input/event
                                                     
# for USB
#  Option       
"Type"         
"eraser"
#  Option       
"ForceDevice"  
"ISDV4"              
# Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

# Section "InputDevice"
#  Driver       
"wacom"
#  Identifier    "cursor"
#  Option       
"Device"       
"/dev/wacom"         
# Change to 
                                                     
# /dev/input/event
                                                     
# for USB
#  Option       
"Type"         
"cursor"
#  Option       
"ForceDevice"  
"ISDV4"              
# Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "ATI Technologies,
Inc. Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]"
    Driver       
"ati"
    BusID       
"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "KDS"
    Option       
"DPMS"
    HorizSync    28-64
    VertRefresh    43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default
Screen"
    Device       
"ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]"
    Monitor       
"KDS"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection "Display"
       
Depth        1
       
Modes        "1280x768"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       
Depth        4
       
Modes        "1280x768"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       
Depth        8
       
Modes        "1280x768"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       
Depth        15
       
Modes        "1280x768"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       
Depth        16
       
Modes        "1280x768"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       
Depth        24
       
Modes        "1280x768"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default
Layout"
    Screen       
"Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic
Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured
Mouse"
#    InputDevice    
"stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
#    InputDevice    
"cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
#    InputDevice    
"eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode    0666
EndSection



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