I don't understand this. It may very well be that earlier hal versions used this, but the recent dapper one doesn't. Can you guys please do this:
sudo dpkg -P --force-depends hal sudo apt-get install hal to get a clean reinstall of hal, and then check again? Right now it is very likely that you got hit by an intermediate broken hal version during an intra-dapper upgrade. -- HAL bootup command is wrong (falls back to -h) https://launchpad.net/bugs/44770 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
