Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31517
Comment: This also happens to me. Normal user terminal output is: $ hal-device-manager <gtk.Menu object (GtkMenu) at 0x76a0502c> While, if I run this using sudo, I get the following terminal output: $ gksudo hal-device-manager (hal-device-manager:4929): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. <gtk.Menu object (GtkMenu) at 0x76a2e07c> This is a dist-upgraded breezy install. And to make sure it wasn't a faulty install, I forced reinstall of several hal packages via synaptic. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs