Comment 12 for bug 14907

(In reply to comment #9)
> Created an attachment (id=2454) [edit]
> hal.txt as asked for
>
> Martin, I followed your instructions to the letter, and attach the resulting
> hal.txt

Hm, as I already explained, there is nothing meaningful in there... :-(

> I waited some time, but was not returned to a prompt

That means that hald did not crash, but hangs. When it does, can you please do:

  sudo strace /usr/sbin/hald $(pidof hald) 2>&1 | tee hang-trace.txt

wait a bit until nothing happens any more, break with Control-C and attach
hang-trace.txt here?