Comment 56 for bug 218434

Same problem compact flash drive on a cf/ide adapter in a Thinkpad R40. After reading comments above, I have a temporary workaround for this is, stop hal. Ctrl-Alt-F1, sudo /etc/init.d/hal stop, sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart. This allowed me to login and do some stuff. Network
Manager would come up and wireless worked. Several things not working because hal missing but it will enable one to get on a wireless network to do and update when ever the fix becomes available, for those with wireless only.