After an update for udev earlier today the problem seems to have gone. Sound works again and the error isn't raised by Apport. Hal, however, still refuses to run, 'sudo /etc/init.d/hal status' tells me so.
Maybe it was indeed related to udev, I'll keep my eyes open for returning symptoms.
After an update for udev earlier today the problem seems to have gone. Sound works again and the error isn't raised by Apport. Hal, however, still refuses to run, 'sudo /etc/init.d/hal status' tells me so.
Maybe it was indeed related to udev, I'll keep my eyes open for returning symptoms.