diff -Naur ivman-0.6.11-orig/src/IvmConfig/IvmConfigCommon.c ivman-0.6.11/src/IvmConfig/IvmConfigCommon.c
--- ivman-0.6.11-orig/src/IvmConfig/IvmConfigCommon.c	2006-04-16 08:16:20 +0400
+++ ivman-0.6.11/src/IvmConfig/IvmConfigCommon.c	2006-04-20 17:28:54 +0400
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@
     char *device = (char *) libhal_device_get_property_string(hal_ctx, udi,
                                                               "block.device",
                                                               &dbus_error);
-    assert(device);
+    if(!device)
+    {
+	DEBUG(_("UDI %s is device NULL"), udi, &dbus_error);
+	return FALSE;
+    }
+    
     DEBUG(_("UDI %s is device %s"), udi, device, &dbus_error);
     // if we get here, condition one is satisfied