franchi:~# apt-get install --reinstall hal Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies. hal: Depends: udev (>= 0.065) but 0.056-3 is to be installed initramfs-tools: Depends: udev (>= 0.086-1) but 0.056-3 is to be installed udev: Depends: hotplug (>= 0.0.20040329-17) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).