downgrading hal, libhal & network-manager and re-applying latest updates seems to have resolved this problem for me....
downgraded to:-
/var/cache/apt/archives/hal_0.5.10+git20080301-1ubuntu3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libhal-storage1_0.5.10+git20080301-1ubuntu3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libhal1_0.5.10+git20080301-1ubuntu3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/network-manager_0.6.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/hal-info_20080317+git20080318-1ubuntu1_all.deb
upgraded to:-
ii hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer ii hal-info 20080317+git20080318-1ubuntu1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - fdi files ii libhal-storage1 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared library ii libhal1 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared library ii network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu2 network management framework daemon
hmmm...... ????
downgrading hal, libhal & network-manager and re-applying latest updates seems to have resolved this problem for me....
downgraded to:-
/var/cache/ apt/archives/ hal_0.5. 10+git20080301- 1ubuntu3_ i386.deb apt/archives/ libhal- storage1_ 0.5.10+ git20080301- 1ubuntu3_ i386.deb apt/archives/ libhal1_ 0.5.10+ git20080301- 1ubuntu3_ i386.deb apt/archives/ network- manager_ 0.6.6-0ubuntu1_ i386.deb apt/archives/ hal-info_ 20080317+ git20080318- 1ubuntu1_ all.deb
/var/cache/
/var/cache/
/var/cache/
/var/cache/
upgraded to:-
ii hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer git20080318- 1ubuntu1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - fdi files
ii hal-info 20080317+
ii libhal-storage1 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared library
ii libhal1 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu2 Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared library
ii network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu2 network management framework daemon
hmmm...... ????