Package: pulseaudio-module-hal Version: 0.9.5-6 Severity: normal Just installing pulseaudio and pulseaudio-module-hal on a system where hal was not previously installed makes it unrunnable. Here's what syslog says:
Feb 19 14:26:23 hell pulseaudio[15585]: module-hal-detect.c: Couldn't connect to hald: (null): (null) Feb 19 14:26:23 hell pulseaudio[15585]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-hal-detect" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Feb 19 14:26:23 hell pulseaudio[15585]: main.c: Module load failed. Feb 19 14:26:23 hell pulseaudio[15585]: main.c: failed to initialize daemon. Feb 19 14:26:23 hell pulseaudio[15584]: main.c: daemon startup failed. Installing hal fixed the problem. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-k7 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages pulseaudio-module-hal depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcap1 1:1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libdbus-1-3 1.0.2-1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libhal1 0.5.8.1-6.1 Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii pulseaudio 0.9.5-6 PulseAudio sound server pulseaudio-module-hal recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]