diff -u acpid-1.0.6/debian/acpid.postinst acpid-1.0.6/debian/acpid.postinst
--- acpid-1.0.6/debian/acpid.postinst
+++ acpid-1.0.6/debian/acpid.postinst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 case "$1" in
   configure|reconfigure)
     if [ -x /etc/init.d/hal ]  && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" ge-nl 1.0.4-5ubuntu4 && [ "$HAL_NEEDS_RESTARTING" = "yes" ]; then
-      invoke-rc.d hal start
+      invoke-rc.d hal start || :
     fi
     ;;
 esac
diff -u acpid-1.0.6/debian/changelog acpid-1.0.6/debian/changelog
--- acpid-1.0.6/debian/changelog
+++ acpid-1.0.6/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+acpid (1.0.6-9ubuntu9) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * acpid.postinst: ignore failing invoke-rc since hal has been restarted
+    by the dh_installinit stub (LP: #430121)
+
+ -- Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>  Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:10:26 +0200
+
 acpid (1.0.6-9ubuntu8) karmic; urgency=low
 
   * debian/powerbtn.sh: add xfce4-power-manager to the list of handlers as