pulseaudio-module-hal does not detect sound hardware

Binary package hint: pulseaudio-module-hal

If I have pulseaudio-module-hal installed, when I try to start pulseaudio I get:

bmartens@ender:~$ pulseaudio
main.c: WARNING: called SUID root, but not in group 'pulse-rt'.
module-hal-detect.c: failed to detect any sound hardware.
module.c: Failed to load module "module-hal-detect" (argument: ""): initialization failed.
main.c: Module load failed.
main.c: failed to initialize daemon.

If I remove the pulseaudio-module-hal, pulseaudio will start, and I seem to get sound ok, but it does not seem to be working properly.

Here is my lsmod:

bmartens@ender:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_intel8x0 34076 1
snd_ac97_codec 95008 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 3328 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 44160 0
snd_mixer_oss 17408 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 79492 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 4740 0
snd_seq_oss 33280 0
snd_seq_midi 9600 0
snd_rawmidi 25216 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 52848 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 23556 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9100 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 54276 10 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 8800 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 11016 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
bmartens@ender:~$

And the mixers are there, : (

All problems on up to date Feisty

Pulseaudio version:

bmartens@ender:~$ aptpolicy pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-hal
pulseaudio:
  Installed: 0.9.5-4ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.9.5-4ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.5-4ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
pulseaudio-module-hal:
  Installed: 0.9.5-4ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.9.5-4ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.5-4ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
bmartens@ender:~$

If there is anything else I can do, I'd love to. I want this to work!!!