Hugh: Can you please copy&paste the output of id hal id haldaemon
here? Also, can you please attach /etc/fstab? ** Summary changed: - hal-device-manager does not load + dbus does not start -- dbus does not start https://launchpad.net/bugs/31517 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs