lshw causes laptop to freeze up
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Linux |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
lshw |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Andy Whitcroft |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: lshw
Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10
lshw:
Installed: 02.14-1build1
Candidate: 02.14-1build1
Version table:
*** 02.14-1build1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
When I run sudo lshw -C disk, the entire system freezes up and no further activity takes place...I tried it twice and both times after 10 minutes I had to hard reboot the laptop.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: lshw 02.14-1build1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 5 13:09:29 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lshw
tags: | added: iso-testing |
Changed in lshw: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw) |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in linux: | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
Changed in lshw: | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Incomplete |
I am able however to run the command without crashing the laptop so long as I don't 'su - root' or 'sudo'.
I case this is a hardware thing, I'm running Ubuntu on a Leveno X61.