Yay! Thanks to this thread I've just noticed that /etc/rc2.d/S12dbus was missing.
After copying it from /etc/rc3.d/S12dbus I no longer get this error on my up to date Breezy->Feisty->Gutsy machine. -- Failed to initalize HAL. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25931 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
