works for me with beta4 

Well today i have installed SUSE 10.0 (boxed version) and the same thing 
happens. Note that this bug happens only in my PC with the SCSI disk. My other 
PC (IDE disk) and my laptop dont suffer from this bug... 

Can you attach the output of lshal here? 

Created attachment 52042 [details]
lshal output

there is no disk in that. So it's a hotplug bug 

I can't reproduce this here. HAL should know all scsi disks. Please do this:

- stop hal with 'rchal stop'
- hald --retain-privileges --daemon=no --verbose=yes > /tmp/log_hal 2>&1
- wait 20 seconds
- stop hal (with Crtl + c)
- attach the generated file /tmp/log_hal to this bugreport

Created attachment 53793 [details]
HAL log

There are many messages about missing parent device in the hotplug event:

01:35:15.681 [I] blockdev.c:547: block_add: sysfs_path=/sys/block/sda dev=/dev/
sda is_part=0, parent=0x00000000
01:35:15.681 [I] blockdev.c:458: get_luks_uuid: device_file=/dev/sda
01:35:15.681 [I] blockdev.c:589: Ignoring hotplug event - no parent
01:35:15.681 [I] blockdev.c:547: block_add: sysfs_path=/sys/block/sda/sda6 dev=/
dev/sda6 is_part=1, parent=0x00000000
01:35:15.681 [I] blockdev.c:458: get_luks_uuid: device_file=/dev/sda6
01:35:15.681 [I] blockdev.c:589: Ignoring hotplug event - no parent

Maybe a udev problem? 

@hare: could you take a look at the bug/problem?

No, I think it's more a HAL problem. Anyway, Kay will know.

What does:
  ls -l /sys/block/sda
and:
  find /sys/block
print?

> ls -l /sys/block/sda

-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 2005-10-17 23:35 dev
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    0 2005-10-17 23:35 device -> ../../devices/platform/host0/target0:0:6/0:0:6:0
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root    0 2005-10-18 02:20 queue
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 2005-10-17 23:35 range
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 2005-10-17 23:35 removable
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 2005-10-17 23:20 sda1
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 2005-10-17 23:20 sda2
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 2005-10-17 23:20 sda3
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 2005-10-17 23:20 sda4
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 2005-10-17 23:20 sda5
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    0 2005-10-17 23:20 sda6
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 2005-10-17 23:35 size
-r--r--r--  1 root root 4096 2005-10-17 23:35 stat




> find /sys/block

/sys/block
/sys/block/md0
/sys/block/md0/stat
/sys/block/md0/size
/sys/block/md0/removable
/sys/block/md0/range
/sys/block/md0/dev
/sys/block/hdc
/sys/block/hdc/queue
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/max_depth
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/slice_idle
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/slice_async_rq
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/slice_async
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/slice_sync
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/back_seek_penalty
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/back_seek_max
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/fifo_expire_async
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/fifo_expire_sync
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/queued
/sys/block/hdc/queue/iosched/quantum
/sys/block/hdc/queue/scheduler
/sys/block/hdc/queue/max_sectors_kb
/sys/block/hdc/queue/max_hw_sectors_kb
/sys/block/hdc/queue/read_ahead_kb
/sys/block/hdc/queue/nr_requests
/sys/block/hdc/device
/sys/block/hdc/stat
/sys/block/hdc/size
/sys/block/hdc/removable
/sys/block/hdc/range
/sys/block/hdc/dev
/sys/block/hdb
/sys/block/hdb/queue
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/max_depth
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/slice_idle
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/slice_async_rq
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/slice_async
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/slice_sync
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/back_seek_penalty
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/back_seek_max
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/fifo_expire_async
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/fifo_expire_sync
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/queued
/sys/block/hdb/queue/iosched/quantum
/sys/block/hdb/queue/scheduler
/sys/block/hdb/queue/max_sectors_kb
/sys/block/hdb/queue/max_hw_sectors_kb
/sys/block/hdb/queue/read_ahead_kb
/sys/block/hdb/queue/nr_requests
/sys/block/hdb/device
/sys/block/hdb/stat
/sys/block/hdb/size
/sys/block/hdb/removable
/sys/block/hdb/range
/sys/block/hdb/dev
/sys/block/sda
/sys/block/sda/queue
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/max_depth
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/slice_idle
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/slice_async_rq
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/slice_async
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/slice_sync
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/back_seek_penalty
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/back_seek_max
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/fifo_expire_async
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/fifo_expire_sync
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/queued
/sys/block/sda/queue/iosched/quantum
/sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
/sys/block/sda/queue/max_sectors_kb
/sys/block/sda/queue/max_hw_sectors_kb
/sys/block/sda/queue/read_ahead_kb
/sys/block/sda/queue/nr_requests
/sys/block/sda/sda6
/sys/block/sda/sda6/stat
/sys/block/sda/sda6/size
/sys/block/sda/sda6/start
/sys/block/sda/sda6/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda5
/sys/block/sda/sda5/stat
/sys/block/sda/sda5/size
/sys/block/sda/sda5/start
/sys/block/sda/sda5/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda4
/sys/block/sda/sda4/stat
/sys/block/sda/sda4/size
/sys/block/sda/sda4/start
/sys/block/sda/sda4/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda3
/sys/block/sda/sda3/stat
/sys/block/sda/sda3/size
/sys/block/sda/sda3/start
/sys/block/sda/sda3/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda2
/sys/block/sda/sda2/stat
/sys/block/sda/sda2/size
/sys/block/sda/sda2/start
/sys/block/sda/sda2/dev
/sys/block/sda/sda1
/sys/block/sda/sda1/stat
/sys/block/sda/sda1/size
/sys/block/sda/sda1/start
/sys/block/sda/sda1/dev
/sys/block/sda/device
/sys/block/sda/stat
/sys/block/sda/size
/sys/block/sda/removable
/sys/block/sda/range
/sys/block/sda/dev
/sys/block/loop7
/sys/block/loop7/stat
/sys/block/loop7/size
/sys/block/loop7/removable
/sys/block/loop7/range
/sys/block/loop7/dev
/sys/block/loop6
/sys/block/loop6/stat
/sys/block/loop6/size
/sys/block/loop6/removable
/sys/block/loop6/range
/sys/block/loop6/dev
/sys/block/loop5
/sys/block/loop5/stat
/sys/block/loop5/size
/sys/block/loop5/removable
/sys/block/loop5/range
/sys/block/loop5/dev
/sys/block/loop4
/sys/block/loop4/stat
/sys/block/loop4/size
/sys/block/loop4/removable
/sys/block/loop4/range
/sys/block/loop4/dev
/sys/block/loop3
/sys/block/loop3/stat
/sys/block/loop3/size
/sys/block/loop3/removable
/sys/block/loop3/range
/sys/block/loop3/dev
/sys/block/loop2
/sys/block/loop2/stat
/sys/block/loop2/size
/sys/block/loop2/removable
/sys/block/loop2/range
/sys/block/loop2/dev
/sys/block/loop1
/sys/block/loop1/stat
/sys/block/loop1/size
/sys/block/loop1/removable
/sys/block/loop1/range
/sys/block/loop1/dev
/sys/block/loop0
/sys/block/loop0/stat
/sys/block/loop0/size
/sys/block/loop0/removable
/sys/block/loop0/range
/sys/block/loop0/dev
/sys/block/ram15
/sys/block/ram15/stat
/sys/block/ram15/size
/sys/block/ram15/removable
/sys/block/ram15/range
/sys/block/ram15/dev
/sys/block/ram14
/sys/block/ram14/stat
/sys/block/ram14/size
/sys/block/ram14/removable
/sys/block/ram14/range
/sys/block/ram14/dev
/sys/block/ram13
/sys/block/ram13/stat
/sys/block/ram13/size
/sys/block/ram13/removable
/sys/block/ram13/range
/sys/block/ram13/dev
/sys/block/ram12
/sys/block/ram12/stat
/sys/block/ram12/size
/sys/block/ram12/removable
/sys/block/ram12/range
/sys/block/ram12/dev
/sys/block/ram11
/sys/block/ram11/stat
/sys/block/ram11/size
/sys/block/ram11/removable
/sys/block/ram11/range
/sys/block/ram11/dev
/sys/block/ram10
/sys/block/ram10/stat
/sys/block/ram10/size
/sys/block/ram10/removable
/sys/block/ram10/range
/sys/block/ram10/dev
/sys/block/ram9
/sys/block/ram9/stat
/sys/block/ram9/size
/sys/block/ram9/removable
/sys/block/ram9/range
/sys/block/ram9/dev
/sys/block/ram8
/sys/block/ram8/stat
/sys/block/ram8/size
/sys/block/ram8/removable
/sys/block/ram8/range
/sys/block/ram8/dev
/sys/block/ram7
/sys/block/ram7/stat
/sys/block/ram7/size
/sys/block/ram7/removable
/sys/block/ram7/range
/sys/block/ram7/dev
/sys/block/ram6
/sys/block/ram6/stat
/sys/block/ram6/size
/sys/block/ram6/removable
/sys/block/ram6/range
/sys/block/ram6/dev
/sys/block/ram5
/sys/block/ram5/stat
/sys/block/ram5/size
/sys/block/ram5/removable
/sys/block/ram5/range
/sys/block/ram5/dev
/sys/block/ram4
/sys/block/ram4/stat
/sys/block/ram4/size
/sys/block/ram4/removable
/sys/block/ram4/range
/sys/block/ram4/dev
/sys/block/ram3
/sys/block/ram3/stat
/sys/block/ram3/size
/sys/block/ram3/removable
/sys/block/ram3/range
/sys/block/ram3/dev
/sys/block/ram2
/sys/block/ram2/stat
/sys/block/ram2/size
/sys/block/ram2/removable
/sys/block/ram2/range
/sys/block/ram2/dev
/sys/block/ram1
/sys/block/ram1/stat
/sys/block/ram1/size
/sys/block/ram1/removable
/sys/block/ram1/range
/sys/block/ram1/dev
/sys/block/ram0
/sys/block/ram0/stat
/sys/block/ram0/size
/sys/block/ram0/removable
/sys/block/ram0/range
/sys/block/ram0/dev
/sys/block/fd0
/sys/block/fd0/queue
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/max_depth
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/slice_idle
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/slice_async_rq
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/slice_async
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/slice_sync
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/back_seek_penalty
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/back_seek_max
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/fifo_expire_async
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/fifo_expire_sync
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/queued
/sys/block/fd0/queue/iosched/quantum
/sys/block/fd0/queue/scheduler
/sys/block/fd0/queue/max_sectors_kb
/sys/block/fd0/queue/max_hw_sectors_kb
/sys/block/fd0/queue/read_ahead_kb
/sys/block/fd0/queue/nr_requests
/sys/block/fd0/device
/sys/block/fd0/stat
/sys/block/fd0/size
/sys/block/fd0/removable
/sys/block/fd0/range
/sys/block/fd0/dev

No idea how to dig into it without access to the box. May be kernel
sysfs problem with the scsi driver, not sure. What kind of scsi controller
is in this box?

My controller is Initio-9100UW.
See also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=84136

What's the output of:
  udevinfo -a -p /block/sda

udevinfo starts with the device the node belongs to and then walks up the
device chain, to print for every device found, all possibly useful attributes
in the udev key format.
Only attributes within one device section may be used together in one rule,
to match the device for which the node will be created.

device '/sys/block/sda' has major:minor 8:0
  looking at class device '/sys/block/sda':
    KERNEL=="sda"
    SUBSYSTEM=="block"
    SYSFS{dev}=="8:0"
    SYSFS{range}=="16"
    SYSFS{removable}=="0"
    SYSFS{size}=="71687340"
    SYSFS{stat}=="   20113    23336  1075586   757560    14439    29489   351476  2298432        0   131024  3057156"

follow the "device"-link to the physical device:
  looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/platform/host0/target0:0:6/0:0:6:0':
    BUS=="scsi"
    ID=="0:0:6:0"
    DRIVER=="sd"
    SYSFS{device_blocked}=="0"
    SYSFS{iocounterbits}=="32"
    SYSFS{iodone_cnt}=="0x8708"
    SYSFS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x1"
    SYSFS{iorequest_cnt}=="0x8708"
    SYSFS{model}=="IC35L036UWD210-0"
    SYSFS{queue_depth}=="1"
    SYSFS{queue_type}=="none"
    SYSFS{rev}=="S5BS"
    SYSFS{scsi_level}=="4"
    SYSFS{state}=="running"
    SYSFS{timeout}=="30"
    SYSFS{type}=="0"
    SYSFS{vendor}=="IBM     "

  looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/platform/host0/target0:0:6':
    BUS==""
    ID=="target0:0:6"
    DRIVER=="unknown"

  looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/platform/host0':
    BUS==""
    ID=="host0"
    DRIVER=="unknown"

  looking at the device chain at '/sys/devices/platform':
    BUS==""
    ID=="platform"
    DRIVER=="unknown"

Right click the "My Computer" icon, and go to properties:

Make sure in KDE it is set to media:/ (under URL) and in Gnome it is set to device:/

If you do not switch KDM to your primary manager, this will happen. 

Sorry no idea how to debug this remotely. Closing the bug.