I have the same problem here: Setting up hal (0.5.14-1) ... usermod: user haldaemon is currently logged in Reloading system message bus config...done. Starting Hardware abstraction layer: haldinvoke-rc.d: initscript hal, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing hal (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 which is holding back this lot: hal gnome-device-manager thunar-volman xfburn sound-juicer xfce4-power-manager pulseaudio-module-hal xserver-xorg xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-input-kbd
I haven't rebooted since this occurred so can confirm that the current state is: #ls -lr /var/run/hal* /var/run/hald: total 0 /var/run/hal: total 0 # ps aux | grep hal root 3964 0.0 0.0 7280 796 pts/7 R+ 13:06 0:00 grep hal root 13729 0.0 0.0 22040 704 ? S Jan08 1:19 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/hda (every 2 sec) 105 21624 0.0 0.0 33916 1616 ? Ss Jan07 0:04 /usr/sbin/hald root 21625 0.0 0.0 19924 780 ? S Jan07 0:00 hald-runner root 21684 0.0 0.0 22052 680 ? S Jan07 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq 105 21686 0.0 0.0 25932 768 ? S Jan07 0:08 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-acpi wookey 28139 0.0 0.0 45428 1040 ? S Jan07 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-hal-volume-monitor #grep hal /etc/passwd haldaemon:x:105:107:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/home/haldaemon:/bin/false So I seem to have one hald running, owner by haldaemon user, but there is no pid recorded in /var/run/hal (which seems odd) /var/log/apt/term.log shows: Preparing to replace libhal1 0.5.11-8 (using .../libhal1_0.5.14-1_amd64.d$ Unpacking replacement libhal1 ....(some more packages unpacked) ... Processing triggers for hal ... Regenerating hal fdi cache ... Restarting Hardware abstraction layer: hald. ... Preparing to replace hal-info 20081219-1 (using .../hal-info_20091130-1_a$ Unpacking replacement hal-info ... Preparing to replace hal 0.5.11-8 (using .../hal_0.5.14-1_amd64.deb) ... Stopping Hardware abstraction layer: hald. Removing obsolete conffile /etc/udev/rules.d/90-hal.rules ... Unpacking replacement hal ... Then on all subsequent aptitude runs: Setting up hal (0.5.14-1) ... usermod: user haldaemon is currently logged in Reloading system message bus config...done. Starting Hardware abstraction layer: haldinvoke-rc.d: initscript hal, act$ dpkg: error processing hal (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 I hope that helps you pin down the problem and best solution. #killall hald and then re-runing aptitude allows the upgrade to complete. Wookey -- Principal hats: iEndian - Balloonboard - Toby Churchill - Emdebian http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
