Installing the following packages fixed Hipo for me. I am not sure which one provided the fix.
halevt (0.1.5-3) libboolstuff-0.1-0 (0.1.12-3) gnome-device-manager (0.2-3) libgnome-device-manager0 (0.2-3) Lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551477 Title: Hipo on Lucid: "Could not find org.freedesktop.Hal" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs