Now I got that error, too. Before, with version 0.5.8.1-4ubuntu8, I could start it and got Bug #84422. Unfortunately I can't downgrade to the older version to try if it still runs.
-- [apport] hal-device-manager crashed with ImportError in <module>() https://launchpad.net/bugs/83979 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs