System Monitor on ARM shows "Unknown CPU Model"

[Debbie Beliveau]

Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor

On Freescale MX51 ARM devices, the System Monitor application's System tab displays "Unknown CPU Model" for the Processor. Screenshot attached as unknownCpuScreenshot.png.

To resolve this issue on the ARM devices, the attached 90_ARM_cpu_sysinfo.patch was added to the gnome-system-monitor package's patches. This patch is not a generic patch (it is specific to ARM) so cannot be applied to Ubuntu's gnome-system-monitor as is. However, I've attached the patch for reference.

Although the devices where the issue was encountered were running Jaunty, I have verified that the issue occurs even in Lucid's gnome-system-monitor (2.28.0-1ubuntu1) and that 90_ARM_cpu_sysinfo.patch applies cleanly to Lucid's gnome-system-monitor.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Thanks Debbie; can you please forward the patch upstream and link the bug here? Thanks!

[Debbie Beliveau (debbie-beliveau)]

Filed a bug in gnome's bugzilla and linked the bug here.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Debbie Beliveau [2010-01-12 19:56 -0000]:
> Filed a bug in gnome's bugzilla and linked the bug here.

Sweet, thanks! TBH I don't fully understand the patch (need to see the
source around it), but I'll have a look at sponsoring it next week
(unless someone else beats me to it).

Martin
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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-system-monitor - 2.28.0-1ubuntu2

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gnome-system-monitor (2.28.0-1ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  * debian/control.in: Add missing Vcs-Bzr:.
  * Add 03_ARM_cpu_sysinfo.patch: Fix "Unknown CPU model" display on Freescale
    MX51 ARM devices. Thanks Debbie Beliveau for the patch. (LP: #506529)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:56:13 +0100