[Bug 44770] HAL bootup command is wrong (falls back to -h)

[Nirvana]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: hal

When my Kubuntu/Ubuntu loads up, and the Usplash screen starts loading
processes, I noticed after a dist-upgrade and the removal of Klaptop for
Kpowersave (which doesn't work either because of this HAL problem), HAL
no longer loads properly (My guess is one of the switches is wrong
because it falls back to what I believe is the --help screen. When I
start "/usr/sbin/hald start" manually it runs (shows up in Ksysguard,
actually, two show up, one is 12K and the other bigger and actually
shows the command that I run to start hal (/usr/sbin/hal)). It runs for
about 5-10 minutes (I'm guessing, not actually counting) then it
disappears from ksysguard, and I'm back to the normal, typeable terminal
where I chose to "/usr/sbin/hald restart" and it showed up in ksysguard
for another 10 mins then it went. Then I did "/usr/sbin/hald stop" and
it's now showing up in ksysguard again. Oh wait, it just stopped (not
showing up anymore). Any suggestions? I use synaptic to reinstall hal,
libhal1, and still it's broken. Any more info you need? I made a thread
on UbuntuForums (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=176308) but no
one likes me there I guess, theres only 10 views.

** Affects: hal (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

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HAL bootup command is wrong (falls back to -h)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/44770