Hal is supposed to probe all already existing devices at startup. Can you please do a hal debug output as described on the second half of
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingRemovableDevices and attach the log here? Also, while the debug hald is running, can you please do lshal > lshal.txt and attach lshal.txt here as well? ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- HAL do not display my wireless device so I cannot use NM. https://launchpad.net/bugs/50864 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs