I've not been able to get gishi's workaround to work
This is a SERIOUS bug. I don't understand why it's not affecting
everyone running Gutsy.
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge hal
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-crypto libboost-regex1.34.1 libcluceneindex0 python-paramiko
guile-g-wrap libsearchclient0
python-dev python-rpm libboost-iostreams1.34.1 guile-library
libstreamanalyzer0 xfdesktop4 g-wrap
libtext-template-perl libpurple-bin openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb libstreams0
xfce4-utils
openoffice.org-l10n-en-za libsexymm2 libclucene0 xfdesktop4-data
libglademm-2.4-1c2a libgwrap-runtime0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
hal*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 1733kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 242631 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing hal ...
* Stopping Hardware abstraction layer hald
[ OK ]
Purging configuration files for hal ...
* Reloading system message bus config...
[ OK ]
$ sudo apt-get install hal
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-crypto libboost-regex1.34.1 libcluceneindex0 python-paramiko
guile-g-wrap libsearchclient0
python-dev python-rpm libboost-iostreams1.34.1 guile-library
libstreamanalyzer0 xfdesktop4 g-wrap
libtext-template-perl libpurple-bin openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb libstreams0
xfce4-utils
openoffice.org-l10n-en-za libsexymm2 libclucene0 xfdesktop4-data
libglademm-2.4-1c2a libgwrap-runtime0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
hal-device-manager
The following NEW packages will be installed:
hal
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/689kB of archives.
After unpacking 1733kB of additional disk space will be used.
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 171
Major opcode: 149
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 171
Major opcode: 149
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
Selecting previously deselected package hal.
(Reading database ... 242518 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking hal (from .../hal_0.5.9.1-6ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up hal (0.5.9.1-6ubuntu1) ...
* Reloading system message bus config...
[ OK ]
* Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald
invoke-rc.d: initscript hal, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing hal (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
hal
Saving new apt-history status...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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[Gutsy] HAL won't start
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147963
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