Same problem here...AMD64 on Kubuntu 9.04
Setting up libhal1 (0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2) ... Setting up libhal-dev (0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2) ... Setting up libhal-storage1 (0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2) ... Setting up libhal-storage-dev (0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2) ... Setting up hal (0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2) ... * Reloading system message bus config... [ OK ] * 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 Processing triggers for libc6 ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Errors were encountered while processing: hal E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- package hal 0.5.12~rc1+git20090403-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385081 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