Instead of rebooting, you may try sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart
This restarts dbus and a load of daemons which are dependent on it, including HAL. This had the same effect as a reboot for me. <humour> $ /usr/sbin/hald --version HAL package version: 9000 I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that... </humour> -- mounting Luks encrypted USB-HDD does not work reliably https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs