This doesn't seem to fix it. I applied all the updates (in the failsafe console, because HAL is necessary for Xorg to properly start), and hal started once. I rejoiced, and rebooted the computer, but then it failed again with exactly the same problem.
** Changed in: dbus (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- Latest update for hal on Karmic causes failure to start completely https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/375169 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