ntfs-config crashed with OSError in __init__()

Binary package hint: ntfs-config

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ntfs-config", line 102, in <module>
    main(args, opts)
  File "/usr/bin/ntfs-config", line 75, in main
    app = NtfsConfig()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/NtfsConfig/NtfsConfig.py", line 56, in __init__
    os.mkdir(HAL_CONFIG_DIR)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/hal/fdi/policy'

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: ntfs-config 1.0.1-3ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-21.31-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 14 23:24:23 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/ntfs-config
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100831.2)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.6 -OOt /usr/bin/ntfs-config
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/ntfs-config']
SourcePackage: ntfs-config
Title: ntfs-config crashed with OSError in __init__()
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