I can confirm this, just installed the brandnew RC of Hardy, and i get this after the first login (Network manager is disabled, so no internet connection)
http://img.xrmb2.net/images/679873.jpeg -- internal error failed to initialize HAL https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216272 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