[Bug 785693] Re: lshw-gtk menu entry is inoperative

[J. McDonald]

Wow, 5 years on and this is still a bug.  I also installed lshw-gtk
while using XFCE, in my case, Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa XFCE and the Linux
3.19.0-32-generic version.  I found that I could successfully start
using "gksudo lshw-gtk".  If there really is a dependency on the "menu"
package, then why isn't apt including this dependency during
installation? I just changed the launcher for Hardware Lister in
/usr/share/applications/ from "su-to-root -X -c lshw-gtk" to "gksudo
lshw-gtk" and Hardware Lister opened as it should, requiring a sudoer
password.

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Title:
  lshw-gtk menu entry is inoperative

Status in lshw package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: lshw

  I installed lshw-gtk ("Hardware Lister") from the Ubuntu Software
  Center, but the resulting menu entry in the System -> Preferences menu
  does not work. When you select it you get an Error dialog with the
  message "Could not launch 'Hardware Lister' Failed to execute child
  process "su-to-root" (No such file or directory)".

  Looks to me like it is missing a dependency.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: lshw-gtk 02.15-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri May 20 12:39:15 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  SourcePackage: lshw
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (19 days ago)

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