Here is a diff between when HAL is running and when stopped. The by- disk, by-uuid, and by-path are notably missing when HAL is running. Not sure what this points to, but it is obviously preventing it from working.
** Attachment added: "devkitdiff.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32628444/devkitdiff.txt -- hal does not properly present USB media on Acer Aspire 6930 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438316 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