chown: cannot access `/var/run/PolicyKit': No such file or directory

Binary package hint: policykit

I'm running 8.04, and it seems that policykit is broken. I'm experiencing a variety of errors in several apps as a result. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu hardy (development branch) \n \l

Upon running dpkg, I receive the following errors:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up policykit (0.7-2ubuntu4) ...
chown: cannot access `/var/run/PolicyKit': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing policykit (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal:
 hal depends on policykit (>= 0.7); however:
  Package policykit is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing hal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-mount:
 gnome-mount depends on hal; however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-mount (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-volume-manager:
 gnome-volume-manager depends on gnome-mount; however:
  Package gnome-mount is not configured yet.
 gnome-volume-manager depends on hal (>= 0.5.5.1); however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-volume-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier:
 update-notifier depends on hal; however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-notifier (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
 ubuntu-desktop depends on gnome-volume-manager; however:
  Package gnome-volume-manager is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on hal; however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on update-notifier; however:
  Package update-notifier is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager:
 network-manager depends on hal (>= 0.5.7.1); however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-gnome:
 policykit-gnome depends on policykit; however:
  Package policykit is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing policykit-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager-gnome:
 network-manager-gnome depends on network-manager (>= 0.6.5); however:
  Package network-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-power-manager:
 gnome-power-manager depends on hal (>= 0.5.10); however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-power-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of sound-juicer:
 sound-juicer depends on hal; however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing sound-juicer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pulseaudio-module-hal:
 pulseaudio-module-hal depends on hal; however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing pulseaudio-module-hal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal-cups-utils:
 hal-cups-utils depends on hal; however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing hal-cups-utils (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hwdb-client-common:
 hwdb-client-common depends on hal; however:
  Package hal is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing hwdb-client-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-session:
 gnome-session depends on gnome-power-manager; however:
  Package gnome-power-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-session (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hwdb-client-gnome:
 hwdb-client-gnome depends on hwdb-client-common (>= 0.6-0ubuntu23); however:
  Package hwdb-client-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing hwdb-client-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 policykit
 hal
 gnome-mount
 gnome-volume-manager
 update-notifier
 ubuntu-desktop
 network-manager
 policykit-gnome
 network-manager-gnome
 gnome-power-manager
 sound-juicer
 pulseaudio-module-hal
 hal-cups-utils
 hwdb-client-common
 gnome-session
 hwdb-client-gnome