forwarded 455198 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13669 tag 455198 + patch fixed-upstream thanks This seems to have been fixed upstream with http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=hal.git;a=commitdiff;h=4541abd23fd02118a1a7f8b825aed338d2a5d638 Cheers, Mike