See strace from vanilla 3.2.17 below, hope that helps. Greetings Hermann
# strace lshw execve("/usr/bin/lshw", ["lshw"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0xa6000 uname({sys="Linux", node="tantalus", ...}) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf7fcc000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28853, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 28853, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xf7fc4000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\2\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\22\0\0\0\1\0\5(\0\0\0\0004"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1094428, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 1184336, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xf7e78000 mprotect(0xf7f7e000, 57344, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0xf7f8c000, 32768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x104000) = 0xf7f8c000 mmap(0xf7f94000, 21072, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf7f94000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\2\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\22\0\0\0\1\0\0!\340\0\0\0004"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=68880, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 133496, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xf7e54000 mprotect(0xf7e66000, 57344, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0xf7e74000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x10000) = 0xf7e74000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/ultra3/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\2\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\22\0\0\0\1\0\2\7\340\0\0\0004"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1501772, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 1572328, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xf7cd4000 mprotect(0xf7e3c000, 65536, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0xf7e4c000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x168000) = 0xf7e4c000 mmap(0xf7e52000, 7656, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf7e52000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/ultra3/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\2\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\22\0\0\0\1\0\0\335`\0\0\0004"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=867768, ...}) = 0 mmap(NULL, 931744, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xf7bf0000 mprotect(0xf7cc0000, 57344, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap(0xf7cce000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xce000) = 0xf7cce000 close(3) = 0 mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xf7fc2000 mprotect(0xf7cce000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xf7e4c000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xf7f8c000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xf7fce000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xf7fc4000, 28853) = 0 brk(0) = 0xa6000 brk(0xc8000) = 0xc8000 access("/sys/class/.", F_OK) = 0 geteuid32() = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="tantalus", ...}) = 0 ioctl(2, TCSETAF or SNDCTL_TMR_SELECT, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0 ) = 1 ) = 5 open("/dev/mem", O_RDONLY) = 3 open("/proc/efi/systab", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap(NULL, 32, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0xe0000) = 0xf7fc8000 Message from syslogd@tantalus at Wed Jun 27 11:49:41 2012 ... tantalus kernel: Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom Message from syslogd@tantalus at Wed Jun 27 11:49:41 2012 ... tantalus kernel: Kernel panic - not syncing: Irrecoverable deferred error trap. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org