Restarting HAL on package upgrade isn't such a smart operation in my opinion. Does 2.18.x still suffer from this?
-- upgrading hal causes g-p-m to lose its battery information (fixable with restart) https://launchpad.net/bugs/86545 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs