OK, I have this problem too. Let me answer your Q's: $ pidof hald 3953
$ ps aux|grep dbus.*system [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps aux|grep dbus.*system 104 3938 0.0 0.1 2328 916 ? Ss 15:18 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system jacob 6542 0.0 0.1 2880 796 pts/0 R+ 15:57 0:00 grep dbus.*system $ sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart (Does not work) This is as of March 16th, 4 PM (Eastern Time) updates, with a Linksys W(something)54GS wireless pci card. -- 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