i having this issue i believe this is related somwhow with this bug report https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/libpam- foreground/+bug/58165
this is the output from my system sudo /etc/init.d/dbus start Password: * Starting system message bus dbus /etc/init.d/dbus: line 38: 6906 Fallo de segmentación start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --user $DAEMONUSER --exec $DAEMON -- --system $PARAMS dbus is not running, so i'm having the failed to initialize HAL message. this systems is an upgrade from breezy. -- Failed to initalize HAL. https://launchpad.net/bugs/25931 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs