Moving the hal init.d script fixed it for me. I got the error on a newly installed 64bits Gutsy setup, after I changed the init rc setting to concurrency and changed gdm to autologin.
The thing is, I didn't get the race condition with my old harddrive which is slower; I went from a WD raptor to a Mtron 7000 pro. That might be why the race is hard to reproduce. Some one should split this bug into more defined bug reports or something. I feel like there are atleast 3-4 other issues which causes the same error, which isn't all that related to the init.d boot order. -- Failed to initalize HAL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25931 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs