My /var/run is on the same partition as everything else on my system.
Still I had to "sudo mkdir /var/run/PolicyKit" to get this running. It
had not been set up by default.
I dist-upgraded from a fresh Gutsy install yesterday evening (23 Feb
08).
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[hardy] failed to initialize hal network broke
Steffen's suggestion fixed HAL and about 8 other things that all
depended on the PolicyKit working. I executed the "sudo mkdir
/var/run/PolicyKit" command and then "sudo dpkg --configure -a" to
resolve/finish the upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy Alpha 6. Thanks very
much. 03/12/2008
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[hardy] failed
policykit (0.6-1ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low
.
* Add debian/policykit.init: Create /var/run/PolicyKit if it does not exist.
This happens if /var/run is on a tmpfs.
* debian/rules: Install init script.
** Changed in: policykit (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None => policykit
Importance: