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Description of problem:
Whether I start hwbrowser from the command line or the Gnome menu, it fails.

# hwbrowser

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed

(DeviceList.py:4322): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas-path-def.c:
line 1142 (gnome_canvas_path_def_any_closed): assertion `path != NULL' failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/hwbrowser/DeviceList.py", line 203, in ?
    reread_device_type_list ()
  File "/usr/share/hwbrowser/DeviceList.py", line 150, in reread_device_type_list
    list.set (iter, 0, hardware.get_category_string (key), 1, key)
  File "/usr/share/hwbrowser/DeviceList.py", line 91, in get_category_string
    return self.type_mapping[key]
KeyError: 20


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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. su root
2. hwbrowser
3.
    

Actual Results:  Assertion failed

Expected Results:  I don't know. I've never had the tool work for me.

Additional info:

I'm on a dell latitude 810