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) -- [Gutsy] HAL won't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147963 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs