Thank you for your bug report. I am marking it as confirmed and reassigning to hal.
Here is the error (term.log): Setting up hal (0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu8.1) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/hal ... Installing new version of config file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi ... Installing new version of config file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/hal.conf ... * Reloading system message bus config... Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: Element <standard_system_servicedirs> not allowed inside <busconfig> in configuration file invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "force-reload" failed. invoke-rc.d: release upgrade in progress, error is not fatal polkit-read-auth-helper: cannot lookup group info for gid 127 polkit-auth: NotAuthorizedToReadAuthorizationsForOtherUsers: uid 0 is not authorized to read authorizations for uid 120 (requires org.freedesktop.policykit.read) polkit-read-auth-helper: cannot lookup group info for gid 127 polkit-auth: NotAuthorizedToReadAuthorizationsForOtherUsers: uid 0 is not authorized to read authorizations for uid 120 (requires org.freedesktop.policykit.read) dpkg: error processing hal (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: hal (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: update-manager => hal -- package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237365 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs