what is the package name? k3b-2.0.2-i486-1dj.txz.
Put a empty cd/dvd in your cd/dvd drive and the message will disappear.
I get the message No optical drive found when no cd/dvd is in the drive.
But nothing about hal. Hal is not a dependency and it is not exist on 14.0.
k3b works fine here.