The "failed to initialize HAL" error actually comes from update-notifier (see bug #81670). It may be triggered by a race with hald startup. This doesn’t necessarily explain the automount failure, though it may be a similar kind of problem.
-- hal failed to initialize https://launchpad.net/bugs/69160 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
