diff -ur /usr/src/packages/BUILD/cups-backends-1.0/hal.c ./hal.c
--- /usr/src/packages/BUILD/cups-backends-1.0/hal.c	2005-07-26 05:50:29.000000000 -0400
+++ ./hal.c	2007-07-12 15:39:37.000000000 -0400
@@ -75,11 +75,14 @@
 static void
 list_devices (void)
 {
-	LibHalContext *hal_ctx;
-	char **printers;
-	int i, n;
+	//LibHalContext *hal_ctx;
+	//char **printers;
+	//int i, n;
 	
-	if (!(hal_ctx = get_hal_ctx ()))
+	printf("direct hal \"Unknown\" \"Hal printing backend\"\n"); 
+
+#if 0
+    if (!(hal_ctx = get_hal_ctx ()))
 		return;
 	
 	printers = libhal_find_device_by_capability (hal_ctx, "printer", &n, NULL);
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@
 	
 	libhal_ctx_shutdown (hal_ctx, NULL);
 	libhal_ctx_free (hal_ctx);
+#endif
 }
 
 /*