hardinfo window(s) grey (no info) on lubuntu raring beta-1 testing

[prairie zephyr]

was lucky to find this command ubuntu-bug -w while System Information windows (there are 2, a smaller one nested) which I can drag) are both grey and textless but not crashing. tested several times since install: ppc, openbox

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: hardinfo 0.5.1-1.2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-6.11-powerpc-smp 3.8.3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-6-powerpc-smp ppc
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: powerpc
Date: Sun Mar 31 06:37:27 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/hardinfo
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-30 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha powerpc (20130311.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: hardinfo
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[DeST (mastermixme)]

I'm also affected by this on Lubuntu 13.04
heare are screen of problem:
http://i.imgur.com/VC71C0k.png
http://i.imgur.com/EP9V85C.png
http://i.imgur.com/EVFzqNf.png

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Burt P. (pburt0)]

As of Ubuntu 17.10 there is a much newer package available with many fixes and improvements. Please try it and see if the issue is resolved.

See https://github.com/lpereira/hardinfo/issues/163.

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

I cannot confirm this on a Bionic install.