Kloudy you probably have to use the sudo command like sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start
By the way I have exactly the same problems and for me 3-M's suggestions did not work -- 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 desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
