Public bug reported: Binary package hint: hal
On a new hardy install that was started from the netboot/mini.iso. I did a cli install and then tried to 'apt-get install xubuntu-desktop'. apt-get install hal .... The following NEW packages will be installed: hal 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 420kB of archives. After this operation, 1769kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main hal 0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3 [420kB] Fetched 420kB in 0s (11.9MB/s) Selecting previously deselected package hal. (Reading database ... 87107 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking hal (from .../hal_0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3_i386.deb) ... Setting up hal (0.5.11~rc2-1ubuntu3) ... * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald invoke-rc.d: initscript hal, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing hal (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: hal root@:~# /etc/init.d/hal start * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald root@:~# echo $? 1 root@:~# /usr/sbin/hald --verbose=yes 06:51:32.463 [I] hald.c:669: hal 0.5.11rc2 06:51:32.464 [I] hald.c:678: Will daemonize 06:51:32.464 [I] hald.c:679: Becoming a daemon root@:~# echo $? 1 root@:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch) Release: 8.04 ** Affects: hal (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- hal doesn't install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206787 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
