palm Lifedrive 4Go, same problem, feisty up to date:
~ $ id uid=1000(isabella) gid=1000(isabella) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),110(netdev),111(lpadmin),113(powerdev),114(scanner),117(admin),1000(isabella)
~ $ id hal id: hal: No such user
~ $ id haldaemon uid=107(haldaemon) gid=112(haldaemon) groups=112(haldaemon),24(cdrom),25(floppy),46(plugdev),113(powerdev)
~ $ uname -a Linux desktop 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
palm Lifedrive 4Go, same problem, feisty up to date:
~ $ id 4(adm), 20(dialout) ,24(cdrom) ,25(floppy) ,29(audio) ,30(dip) ,44(video) ,46(plugdev) ,110(netdev) ,111(lpadmin) ,113(powerdev) ,114(scanner) ,117(admin) ,1000(isabella)
uid=1000(isabella) gid=1000(isabella) groups=
~ $ id hal
id: hal: No such user
~ $ id haldaemon 112(haldaemon) ,24(cdrom) ,25(floppy) ,46(plugdev) ,113(powerdev)
uid=107(haldaemon) gid=112(haldaemon) groups=
~ $ uname -a
Linux desktop 2.6.20-13-generic #2 SMP Sun Mar 25 00:21:25 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux