Yes, adding console output does fix this problem for me. It seems like that does make a difference to hal, or the lack of console output somehow screws up libpam-foreground or something?
Either way, it now seems like an upstart bug and not a hal bug anymore. ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- security policy error with hald after latest updates https://launchpad.net/bugs/58165 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs