Ubuntu
hardinfo package

hardinfo PCI device description is mangled

Bug #357189 reported by nemoinis
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hardinfo (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
hardinfo (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Intrepid
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
Jaunty
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: hardinfo

using hardinfo 5.1.1 (this bug is also present in the current Intrepid & jaunty hardinfo 4.2.3)

Hardinfo seems to chop/mangle the output of PCI devices descriptions. This seems to occur when the description contains a "(" character: the rest of the description is not displayed.

Compare the output of the attached Hardinfo report with the output of the attached lspci report.

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nemoinis (nemoinis) wrote :
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nemoinis (nemoinis) wrote :
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Leandro A. F. Pereira (lafp) wrote :

Could you please provide the output for "lspci -v"? Thanks.

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nemoinis (nemoinis) wrote :
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Leandro A. F. Pereira (lafp) wrote :

Fixed upstream. Patch at: http://github.com/lpereira/hardinfo/commit/45ef17e9d16cae337e66702106055222cbdb9d3a

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Leandro A. F. Pereira (lafp) wrote :

Sorry. The correct patch is here: http://github.com/lpereira/hardinfo/commit/07ba0e3bf71c3c5ad7d98be58160e13069d9cf77

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nemoinis (nemoinis) wrote : Re: [Bug 357189] Re: hardinfo PCI device description is mangled

I think the same problem exists in the "Computer->Boots" section as well.
It truncates it as "Linux version 2.6.27-14-generic" when the proper string is:

"Linux version 2.6.27-14-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu12) ) #1
SMP Fri Mar 13 18:00:20 UTC 2009 (Ubuntu 2.6.27-14.30-generic)"

(my emailer may chop the above but it's all one line).

I did not report this earlier because I thought the same fix would handle both, but looking at the
patch, it looks like it's probably some other code segment.

Cheers

Leandro A. F. Pereira wrote:
> Sorry. The correct patch is here:
> http://github.com/lpereira/hardinfo/commit/07ba0e3bf71c3c5ad7d98be58160e13069d9cf77
>

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package hardinfo - 0.5.1-1ubuntu1

---------------
hardinfo (0.5.1-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian testing:
    - debian/rules: Don't install anything in /usr/local, otherwise FTBFS.
  * debian/control: Add homepage field.
  * Add quilt patch system support.
  * Add 01-truncated_description.patch to fix LP: #357189 (at least
    partially).

hardinfo (0.5.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream version. (Closes: #530290, #517591)
 -- Alessio Treglia <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:14:17 +0100

Changed in hardinfo (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in hardinfo (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex) wrote :

Intrepid Ibex reached end-of-life on 30 April 2010 so I am closing the
report. The bug has been fixed in newer releases of Ubuntu.

Changed in hardinfo (Ubuntu Intrepid):
status: New → Invalid
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JC Hulce (soaringsky) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. This issue has been fixed in newer versions of Ubuntu, and Jaunty is EOL. Thus, I am closing this bugtask.

Changed in hardinfo (Ubuntu Jaunty):
status: New → Invalid
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in hardinfo (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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