We encountered this error when running certification tests in a HP Proliant ML110 G5:
FAILED [HIGH] DMIStringIndexOutOfRange: Test 1, Out of range string index 0x09 while accessing entry
'Base Board Information (Type 2)' @ 0x000dc082, field 'Asset Tag', offset 0x08
ADVICE: It may be worth checking against section 7.3 of the System Management BIOS (SMBIOS)
Reference Specification (see http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: linux-image-3.5.0-4-generic 3.5.0-4.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-4.4-generic 3.5.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-4-generic x86_64
AlsaDevices:
total 0
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 1 Jul 17 08:52 seq
crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 33 Jul 17 08:52 timer
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw'
Date: Tue Jul 17 09:25:00 2012
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c1530c5c-1763-45eb-b575-4504e0de61f6
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120717)
IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig'
MachineType: HP ProLiant ML110 G5
PciMultimedia:
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US
LANGUAGE=en_US:
ProcFB:
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-4-generic root=UUID=90f6a1e1-da49-4ec1-bef7-139784b5a88a ro rootdelay=60 quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-4-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-4-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.84
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/08/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: HP
dmi.bios.version: O15
dmi.board.name: A61TT2
dmi.board.vendor: Wistron Corporation
dmi.board.version: NA
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 17
dmi.chassis.vendor: HP
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHP:bvrO15:bd10/08/2007:svnHP:pnProLiantML110G5:pvrNA:rvnWistronCorporation:rnA61TT2:rvrNA:cvnHP:ct17:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: ProLiant ML110 G5
dmi.product.version: NA
dmi.sys.vendor: HP
We encountered this error when running certification tests in a HP Proliant ML110 G5:
FAILED [HIGH] DMIStringIndexO
'Base Board Information (Type 2)' @ 0x000dc082, field 'Asset Tag', offset 0x08
So, basically this means that the Asset Tag string is the 9th string entry in this DMI data struct, but there aren't that many strings stored, and we've fallen off the end of the DMI entry. This is a firmware bug which means we can't fetch the Asset Tag string because of the bad index value. This won't cause problems because software normally figures out this is a bad entry. It requires a firmware fix to stop this error.