In "debugging hal" I found that I should do this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/hal stop [sudo] password for martin: * Stopping Hardware abstraction layer hald [ OK ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo hald --verbose=yes --daemon=no 2>&1 | tee /tmp/hal.log 10:58:25.846 [I] hald.c:669: hal 0.5.11rc2 10:58:25.846 [I] hald.c:734: Will not daemonize 10:58:25.847 [I] hald_dbus.c:5381: local server is listening at unix:abstract=/var/run/hald/dbus-mWHzGDSvw2,guid=17962875f2c298bf28af970e48afd131 10:58:26.158 [E] ck-tracker.c:367: Error doing GetSeats on ConsoleKit: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) 10:58:26.158 [E] ck-tracker.c:792: Could not get seats and sessions 10:58:26.158 [W] hald_dbus.c:5806: Could not initialize seats and sessions from ConsoleKit Runner started - allowed paths are '/usr/lib/hal:/usr/lib/hal/scripts:/usr/bin' 10:58:26.224 [I] hald_runner.c:301: Runner has pid 16354 10:58:26.225 [I] hald_runner.c:182: runner connection is 0x80a53c8 hald: symbol lookup error: hald: undefined symbol: g_once_init_enter_impl
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