This seems very likely to be the cause of or at least related to: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323081
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #323081 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323081 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1192171 Title: hald can't be started in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/1192171/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs