[Bug 1518095] [NEW] lshw reports "Bus Error" or nothing on arm7l machine

[Mark W Wenning]

Public bug reported:

lshw reports "Bus Error" or nothing when run on an arm7 machine

ISEE IGEPv2 board:
OMAP 3520 (ARM Cortex A-8)
SDRAM 512 MB
Flash 512 MB
Ubuntu 12.05.5 LTS

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( log in) 
Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 2.6.37 armv7l)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/

  System information as of Sun Jan  2 21:27:03 UTC 2000

  System load:  0.39              Processes:           75
  Usage of /:   27.9% of 1.80GB   Users logged in:     1
  Memory usage: 22%               IP address for eth0: 192.168.1.16
  Swap usage:   0%

  Graph this data and manage this system at:
    https://landscape.canonical.com/
Last login: Sun Jan  2 21:25:00 2000 from 192.168.1.13
root at igep00x0:~# uname -a
Linux igep00x0 2.6.37 #1 Thu Jun 5 19:12:04 CEST 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux
root at igep00x0:~# sudo lshw -v
Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.15
usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
       lshw -version

        -version        print program version (B.02.15)

format can be
	-html           output hardware tree as HTML
	-xml            output hardware tree as XML
	-short          output hardware paths
	-businfo        output bus information

options can be
	-class CLASS    only show a certain class of hardware
	-C CLASS        same as '-class CLASS'
	-c CLASS        same as '-class CLASS'
	-disable TEST   disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
	-enable TEST    enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
	-quiet          don't display status
	-sanitize       sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)
	-numeric        output numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)

root at igep00x0:~#
root at igep00x0:~# lshw -short
Bus error
root at igep00x0:~# lshw -html 
Bus error
root at igep00x0:~# lshw -xml
Bus error
root at igep00x0:~# ^C
root at igep00x0:~# 
 
 

Normally I would try Trusty, but I don't think it is supported.

** Affects: lshw (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  lshw reports "Bus Error" or nothing on arm7l machine

Status in lshw package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  lshw reports "Bus Error" or nothing when run on an arm7 machine

  ISEE IGEPv2 board:
  OMAP 3520 (ARM Cortex A-8)
  SDRAM 512 MB
  Flash 512 MB
  Ubuntu 12.05.5 LTS

  -----
  ( log in) 
  Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 2.6.37 armv7l)

   * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/

    System information as of Sun Jan  2 21:27:03 UTC 2000

    System load:  0.39              Processes:           75
    Usage of /:   27.9% of 1.80GB   Users logged in:     1
    Memory usage: 22%               IP address for eth0: 192.168.1.16
    Swap usage:   0%

    Graph this data and manage this system at:
      https://landscape.canonical.com/
  Last login: Sun Jan  2 21:25:00 2000 from 192.168.1.13
  root at igep00x0:~# uname -a
  Linux igep00x0 2.6.37 #1 Thu Jun 5 19:12:04 CEST 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux
  root at igep00x0:~# sudo lshw -v
  Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.15
  usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
         lshw -version

          -version        print program version (B.02.15)

  format can be
  	-html           output hardware tree as HTML
  	-xml            output hardware tree as XML
  	-short          output hardware paths
  	-businfo        output bus information

  options can be
  	-class CLASS    only show a certain class of hardware
  	-C CLASS        same as '-class CLASS'
  	-c CLASS        same as '-class CLASS'
  	-disable TEST   disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
  	-enable TEST    enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )
  	-quiet          don't display status
  	-sanitize       sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)
  	-numeric        output numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)

  root at igep00x0:~#
  root at igep00x0:~# lshw -short
  Bus error
  root at igep00x0:~# lshw -html 
  Bus error
  root at igep00x0:~# lshw -xml
  Bus error
  root at igep00x0:~# ^C
  root at igep00x0:~# 
   
   

  Normally I would try Trusty, but I don't think it is supported.

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