failed to initialize HAL!

[Larry Z]

Right after boot up I receive an internal error, "failed to initialize HAL!".

This occurred immediately after upgrading to Ubunto 7.10

My CD reader/writer and DVD reader and my combo CD/DVD reader writer are not recognized.
My external hard drive no longer mounts.
If I try to view System-->Preferences-->Hardware Information, a window tries to pop-up and then quicly disappears.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 29 15:30:37 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-panel
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.20.0.1-0ubuntu6
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-panel --sm-client-id default1
ProcCwd: /home/larry
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Larry Z (winderama)]

After reinstalling some HAL components That I found in Sunaptic Package Manager, (I thought that might help), I received the following errors:

E: hal: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: hal-cups-utils: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: hal-device-manager: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[Larry Z (winderama)]

Also, after clicking the icon to shutdown/restart/......, my system halts for a while before the options appear.

I do not know if this is HAL related but also occurred immediately after upgrading to Ubantu 7.10.

I had to manually reconfigue my network connectivity to connect with the internet. After doing so and connecting, I am still unable to get Evolution to connect to my mail.

Once again, all these problems occurred immediately after upgrading to Ubantu 7.10.

[Mario Young (mayeco)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in hal.

[Larry Z (winderama)]

Hello Mario,

I am new to Linux and Launchpad. At times it is not clear to me exactly
what info I have to provide. I had to many problems and am not
concerned with the HAL issue right now so I guess the bug should be
closed on my end (unless someone wants to look at the info I provided if
it can help anyone else).

Can you tell me if more info is needed for this current problemI have?
Open Question #16619

Thanks,
Larry

Mario Young wrote:

>Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
>Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which
>is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper
>developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW]
>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this
>bug as a bug in hal.
>
>** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu)
>Sourcepackagename: None => hal
>
>
>

[Stéphane Loeuillet (leroutier)]

Can you check if it is not related to bug #149881 ?
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/149881

It seems to be causing lots of trouble, mainly on multicore systems

[Larry Z (winderama)]

I am new to this stuff and trying to get the feel of it. Sounds like it may be related but I still would not know how to resolve it. I ultimately got around it by reinstalling Ubuntu and I currently have the problem below (Evolution does not open). I put it in as a question and received no replies after a couple days. It is looking that I should report it as a bug and maybe someone will help.

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/16619

Should the "Status" or "Importance be changed on this since it appears it is being addressed by

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/149881

[Paul Dufresne (paulduf)]

Well, up to now, no one here have said that "Setting the /etc/init.d/rc back to "concurrency=none" fixed the issue."