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I just ran inxi -m (version 2.2.16-0ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 15.10 64-bit), which should...

-M   Show machine data. Motherboard, Bios, and if present, System Builder (Like Lenovo).  Older systems/kernels without
     the  required /sys data can use dmidecode instead, run as root. If using dmidecode, may also show bios revision as
     well as version. -! 33 can force use of dmidecode data instead of /sys.

(excerpt from man inxi)

...but in my case, it filled the result mask with file names from my home directory!

$ inxi -M
Machine:   System: MAXDATA product: Desktop v: Documents serial: Downloads
           Mobo: Pictures model: Public v: PythonProjects serial: Templates
           Bios: Videos v: bin rv ASUSTeK date: iconlist.txt

Can I apply any patch or workaround myself to fix it?

muru
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Byte Commander
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  • What happens when you run ubuntu-bug inxi? – muru Dec 28 '15 at 19:00
  • So do you want the answer to contain a patch and instructions on how to apply it or just instructions on how to apply patches in general? –  Dec 28 '15 at 19:07
  • @ParanoidPanda An answer specific to this problem, of course! – Byte Commander Dec 28 '15 at 19:18
  • So do you expect me to make the patch and show you how to apply it or find a workaround or something and explain it? Or do you just want to know if there is already a patch or workaround out there? I mean, if there is no patch or workaround yet out there, would my answer in its current state be acceptable or do you want me to come up with the patch/workaround? –  Dec 28 '15 at 19:21
  • @ByteCommander the Google Code page says the project and issue tracker have moved to Github: https://github.com/smxi/inxi – muru Dec 28 '15 at 19:28
  • @muru Thanks, I ran ubuntu-bug inxi now and the bug report linked in my answer below was created. – Byte Commander Dec 28 '15 at 19:34
  • @ByteCommander for what it's worth, I can't reproduce on 14.04 (running the inxi versions 1.9.17-00 and 2.2.16-00 - downloaded manually) or Arch Linux (2.2.31-00). – muru Dec 28 '15 at 19:36

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I reported this bug through ubuntu-bug inxi on Launchpad here.

I also wrote a bug report on GitHub here.

The author and owner of the GitHub repository - smxi - confirmed and fixed this bug. It always occurs when there is a * character anywhere in the fetched system information.

If this bug affects you too and your Ubuntu repository package version is still below 2.2.32-00 (compiled before 2016-01-03), you can download the executable script from smxi's server and replace your current version with it using the following command:

sudo wget -O /usr/bin/inxi smxi.org/inxi

This will replace the executable of your currently installed (e.g. through apt-get) inxi version with the latest version.

If you had the version from the official Ubuntu repository installed before, this command will not mess up anything. The package manager will not notice the change and think it's still the old version. You can later uninstall or upgrade it without problems.

Byte Commander
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