I too have the same problem Kubuntu Hardy 2.6.24-4 kernel my error as follows on apt-get upgrade...
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 7 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up hal (0.5.10-5ubuntu5) ... * Reloading system message bus config... Failed to open connection to system message bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "force-reload" failed. polkit-auth: This operation requires the system message bus and ConsoleKit to be running polkit-auth: AuthorizationAlreadyExists: An authorization for uid 107 for the action org.freedesktop.policykit.read with constraint '' already exists dpkg: error processing hal (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hwdb-client-common: hwdb-client-common depends on hal; however: Package hal is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing hwdb-client-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hwdb-client-kde: hwdb-client-kde depends on hwdb-client-common; however: Package hwdb-client-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing hwdb-client-kde (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-guidance-powermanager: kde-guidance-powermanager depends on hal; however: Package hal is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing kde-guidance-powermanager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-desktop: kubuntu-desktop depends on hal; however: Package hal is not configured yet. kubuntu-desktop depends on hwdb-client-kde; however: Package hwdb-client-kde is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing kubuntu-desktop (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager: network-manager depends on hal (>= 0.5.7.1); however: Package hal is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing network-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager-kde: network-manager-kde depends on network-manager (>= 0.6.2); however: Package network-manager is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing network-manager-kde (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: hal hwdb-client-common hwdb-client-kde kde-guidance-powermanager kubuntu-desktop network-manager network-manager-kde E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# Hope this helps! Cary -- 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
