Hal scans both /usr/share/hal and /etc/hal. But if the right directories in /etc/hal don't exist it errors out. Adding the symlink means that all the config stuff in /usr/share/hal gets scanned twice.
(and now I know way too much about code that been deprecated for 4 years...) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1192171 Title: hald can't be started in 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/1192171/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
