Hi, I need to add, maybe this gives some hint:
I also have these results: dmidecode --dump-bin foo.dump # dmidecode 2.12 SMBIOS 2.5 present. # Writing 3566 bytes to foo.dump. # Writing 31 bytes to foo.dump. $dmidecode --from-dump foo.dump # dmidecode 2.12 Reading SMBIOS/DMI data from file foo.dump. SMBIOS 2.5 present. 94 structures occupying 3566 bytes. Invalid entry length (0). DMI table is broken! Stop. Kevin On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Kevin Wilson <wkev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Erwan, > Thanks. > I ran this sequence now: > git clone https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/git/dmidecode.git > make > and > ./dmidecode > > And got the same: > > # dmidecode 3.1 > Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs. > SMBIOS 2.5 present. > 94 structures occupying 3566 bytes. > Table at 0xBF7D9000. > > Invalid entry length (0). DMI table is broken! Stop > > Any ideas ? > > Regards, > Kevin > > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Erwan Velu <erwanalia...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Can you make a try with the latest version please ? >> >> Le 5 sept. 2017 11:41 PM, "Kevin Wilson" <wkev...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >>> Hi, >>> I hope someone can advise me about the following problem: >>> >>> I have an x86_64 machine with Ubuntu 14.04.5 on it. >>> When I run: >>> dmidecode >>> I get the following error: >>> >>> # dmidecode 2.12 >>> SMBIOS 2.5 present. >>> 94 structures occupying 3566 bytes. >>> Table at 0xBF7D9000. >>> >>> Invalid entry length (0). DMI table is broken! Stop >>> >>> >>> I guess this can be due to some faulty hw (like RAM), or maybe >>> something with BIOS. >>> >>> Is there a way I can find which is the hw part/BIOS setting which >>> causes this error message >>> and fix it ? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Kevin >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dmidecode-devel >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dmidecode-devel _______________________________________________ https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dmidecode-devel