Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" is no longer supported. Also, you mentioned that the problem is solved on Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" with the patch. Ubuntu 9.10 is also no longer supported but HAL has been replaced with udev.
Closing bug. ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395883 Title: With a clean install of Jaunty, wireless works fine. Once the HAL update is installed, the wireless connection fails (network manager shows greyed out box). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/395883/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs