[intrepid] smbios is broken
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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libsmbios (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
OS: Ubuntu 8.10 amd64
libsmbios vers. 2.0.3
computer: Inspiron 1420n BIOS Rev A09
I cannot use dell-firmware tools such as turning off bluetooth, getSystemId, etc. due to a bug in smbios. Whenever I call any of these programs I get an error back stating "Could not instantiate SMBIOS table". Also when I run getSystemId I get:
Libsmbios: 2.0.3
Error getting the System ID: Could not instantiate SMBIOS table.
Error getting the Service Tag: Could not instantiate SMBIOS table.
Error getting the Product Name: Could not instantiate SMBIOS table.
Error getting the BIOS Version: Could not instantiate SMBIOS table.
Error getting the Vendor: Could not instantiate SMBIOS table.
Is Dell: 0
smbios cannot even recognise its running on Dell hardware. I do not know if smbios does not play nice about my BIOS version (its the newest released to date, smbios might not have any info on it)
Changed in libsmbios: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in libsmbios: | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
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