Well, I had a similar problem, hald returning 1. By doing: sudo hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes I have seen that it was stopping after a message saying that haldaemon group did not exist. So I did: sudo groupadd haldaemon Then things have begun to work from then.
-- package hal-device-manager 0.5.9.1-1ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146741 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
