Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31517
Comment: Also found here on Dapper flight three, updated to 1-Mar 18:00. Following output from trying to start hal manually. Appears to bear out problem with python bindings, but I have *no* expertise here... ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksudo hal-device-manager (hal-device-manager:4484): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manag er: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. <gtk.Menu object (GtkMenu) at 0x76ccbe64> Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/hal-device-manager", line 20, in ? DeviceManager() File "/usr/share/hal/device-manager/DeviceManager.py", line 72, in __init__ lambda *args: self.gdl_changed("DeviceAdded", *args)) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 283, in connect_to _signal self._obj.connect_to_signal(signal_name, handler_function, dbus_interface, * *keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 128, in connect_ to_signal path=self._object_path, File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 177, in add_signal _receiver named_service = bus_object.GetNameOwner(named_service, dbus_interface='org.f reedesktop.DBus') File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 79, in __call__ reply_message = self._connection.send_with_reply_and_block(message, timeout) File "dbus_bindings.pyx", line 458, in dbus_bindings.Connection.send_with_repl y_and_block dbus_bindings.DBusException: Could not get owner of name 'org.freedesktop.Hal': no such name [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ======= Neil -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs