Same here. If I have smbfs mounts in fstab, HAL just sits there for like 2mins during boot.
Removing the smbfs mounts from fstab and HAL behaves normal. Installed version is 0.5.7-1ubuntu15. -- After update-HAL failed to initialize https://launchpad.net/bugs/37683 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
