Bug 20549

Summary:	Hardinfo crashes on certain functions
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Thomas Andrews <andrewsfarm>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	doktor5000, marja11, pkg-bugs
Version:	6
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	hardinfo	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	txt of running hardinfo from Konsole Capture when run on a machine without lm_sensors

Description Thomas Andrews 2017-03-21 21:22:47 CET

Description of problem: 

Hardinfo is crashing if you click on the "Summary" function or on the "Input Devices" function. In addition, if lm_sensors has been installed and set up using the "sensors-detect" command, hardinfo crashes if you attempt to use the "Sensors" function. If lm_sensors is not installed, "Sensors" does nothing.

Everything worked in Mageia 5.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

hardinfo 0.5.1-12mga6.x86_64

How reproducible:

Always. On very different sets of hardware, so it's not likely to be a hardware-dependent problem.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install hardinfo, with or without lm_sensors.
2. Try to use it.
3.

Labeling this as "Major," as it's a valuable diagnostic tool, and a good way to monitor things like system temperature.

Comment 1 Thomas Andrews 2017-03-21 21:27:58 CET

Created attachment 9132 [details]
txt of running hardinfo from Konsole

This file is a capture of the messages received in konsole when running hardinfo. This is on a machine with lm_sensors installed.

The first error message shows as soon as the app is run, before the user does anything. The second appears when "Summary" is clicked, and the app crashes.

When run again, that first message appears again. The second appears when "Sensors" is clicked and the app crashes.

Comment 2 Thomas Andrews 2017-03-21 21:32:26 CET

Created attachment 9133 [details]
Capture when run on a machine without lm_sensors

This file contains a capture from konsole when running on a machine without lm_sensors installed.

The first section is as with the other attachment, up to the point where hardinfo crashes the first time. If run again, and lm_sensors has not been installed, clicking on "Sensors" does nothing. The next error message shows what happens when the user clicks on "Input Devices" and hardinfo again crashes.

Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2017-03-22 08:42:58 CET

@ Anssi

Assigning to you, since you're registered as maintainer of hardinfo. However, afaics you never touched it... maybe you were only set as maintainer because you mentored doktor5000 when he imported hardinfo?

CC'ing doktor5000 & all packagers collectively

CC: (none) => doktor5000, marja11, pkg-bugs
Assignee: bugsquad => anssi.hannula
Source RPM: (none) => hardinfo

Comment 4 Thomas Andrews 2018-08-05 03:00:13 CEST

I reported this when Mageia 6 was in Cauldron, well over a year ago. Nothing has happened, except that Mageia 6 was released. The bug is still valid.

Changing the affected version, as I do not know if it is valid for the present Cauldron.

Version: Cauldron => 6

Comment 5 Thomas Andrews 2018-12-07 19:09:40 CET

Appears to be fixed in Cauldron with version 0.6-0.git20181203.1.mga7.

Is there any chance it could be backported/updated in Mageia 6?

Comment 6 Thomas Andrews 2019-01-06 17:12:42 CET

(In reply to Thomas Andrews from comment #5)
> Appears to be fixed in Cauldron with version 0.6-0.git20181203.1.mga7.
> 
> Is there any chance it could be backported/updated in Mageia 6?

Guess not.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED