Hal is use by a lot different pieces in the desktop, so if it isn't update-notifier that shows up this message, it will be show by something else. So what is important is not to improve the update-notifier message, but to make hal running properly before gnome start.
-- failed to initialize HAL : gdm init script priority should be at least equal to dbus one https://launchpad.net/bugs/81670 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
