Why is HAL not running for these folks? What happens when they try to re/start it manually?: sudo service hal restart
-- [Lucid Xubuntu] power manager fails to start because HAL daemon is not running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/507097 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs