I was able to recreate this bug using lshw version 02.12.01-2ubuntu1 on my laptop. I then added the patch from the upstream report and created an updated version of the package. Testing again on my laptop it was then possible to use 'sudo lshw'.
I was able to recreate this bug using lshw version 02.12.01-2ubuntu1 on my laptop. I then added the patch from the upstream report and created an updated version of the package. Testing again on my laptop it was then possible to use 'sudo lshw'.