If blacklisting the asus_acpi module worked, then it's a kernel bug. If it worked with 2.6.18, it should also work with 2.6.20, thus I'm closing this since Feisty has 2.6.20. Testing with Feisty appreciated!
Please cry out if it still does not work in Feisty, then I'll reopen. ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: hal => linux-source-2.6.19 Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- HAL fails to initialize on ASUS A6 series notebooks https://launchpad.net/bugs/62990 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs