Martin: FWICT, xfce4-power-manager calls dbus_bus_name_has_owner to check that hal is already running. So this is as you wrote. Thanks for the hint. I can probably patch all xfce programs using hal to stop doing that...
But then I wonder if someone checked how many softwares are broken with your changes (main is probably fine because GNOME switched to *kit, but universe isn't). Some mass bug filling could be really useful... -- [Lucid Xubuntu] power manager fails to dbus-activate hal 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