Hardware Lister Start Error

Bug #1670537 reported by KitchM
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Bug Description

After fresh install from Ubuntu Sofware Center, Hardware Lister shows up on the All menu on Xubuntu 14.04. However, when selected it returns an Error window that states:

Failed to execute command "su-to-root -X -c lshw-gtk".
Failed to execute child process "su-to-root" (No such file or directory)

Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04

lshw:
  Installed: 02.16-2ubuntu1.3
  Candidate: 02.16-2ubuntu1.3
  Version table:
 *** 02.16-2ubuntu1.3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     02.16-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.

To change the source package that this bug is filed about visit https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1670537/+editstatus and add the package name in the text box next to the word Package.

[This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]

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affects: ubuntu → lshw (Ubuntu)
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KitchM (tech-frontrowcomputer) wrote :

Thanks for your help, Brian.

To whom it may concern, I tried the link in the automatic message and it does not work. (I wish people would check these before they send them out.)

The message also states "add the package name in the text box next to the word Package" but I can't find such a thing either. What is going on here? I, for one, would like to see Canonical management get these things working correctly. Users are continually left in the dark.

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