Are you still having the problem? What is the ouput of "hald --daemon=no
--verbose=yes"?
Maybe this is related to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/114427.
** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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failed to initialize HAL with feisty-backports update
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127791
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