Failes to initialize HAL

**p3tris** · May 21st, 2008

Hi i have a fresh install of XUBUNTU on a DELL INspiron 9300. I installed today: Tracker Search Tool.
It returned an error "error reading data" when i plugged in my usb external hard disk (who used to mount automatically).
I removed Tracker Search Tool.
From that point on the disk does not mount automatically. I can see it in partition manager but cannot access it! And every time i restart i get this message: Failes to initialize HAL.

Can anyone help me?

EDIT:

Fixed

Synaptic-> mark HAL for reinstalation-> apply-> restart

Everything just fine

**rburkartjo** · May 21st, 2008

p3 i had the same thing happen to me with ubuntu and had to reinstall to correct. probably not the answer you wanted to here. might wait maybe someone else will advise/cheesemaker