I can confirm this bug. I'm running the server edition with newest linux-generic, xserver-xorg, OpenBox and Thunar.
Here's the output of ps aux | grep hal: 106 4912 0.0 0.2 6792 4576 ? Ss 17:57 0:01 /usr/sbin/hald root 4977 0.0 0.0 3344 1164 ? S 17:57 0:00 hald-runner root 4991 0.0 0.0 3408 1160 ? S 17:57 0:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event6 /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event5 root 4999 0.0 0.0 3420 1100 ? S 17:57 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq 106 5000 0.0 0.0 2204 948 ? S 17:57 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket root 5023 0.0 0.0 3408 1128 ? S 17:57 0:00 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/scd0 (every 16 sec) helge 8053 0.0 0.0 3008 764 pts/1 R+ 21:56 0:00 grep hal Does it have something to do with the UID 106? -- [hardy] security policy problem after upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201949 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