Blacklisting module saa7134 fixed the problem for me, no more delay and hal failure.
-- [Hardy] Failed to initialize HAL on 2.6.24-16-generic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216795 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs