I can confirm this corruption, but I cannot reproduce the terminal changing colors. I can also confirm that it is possible to get lastmountpoint corruption with more than just the root partition.
Also, the following bug appears to be a duplicate of this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/lshw/+bug/527369 It specifically mentions the terminal changing colors. My theory is that the corrupt characters are being interpreted as control characters in some cases thereby changing the terminal parameters. Just in case I am wrong and they are separate issues I am not going to mark 527369 as a duplicate just yet. ** Bug watch added: Ezix Trac #498 http://ezix.org/project/ticket/498 ** Also affects: lshw via http://ezix.org/project/ticket/498 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- [Lucid Xubuntu] lshw corrupt lastmountpoint https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512251 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
