This seems to be fixed in the live session of Lubuntu Xenial amd64 on Sunday, November 29, 2015.
** Changed in: hardinfo (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1504682 Title: hardinfo does not show type of new interfaces as ethernet To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hardinfo/+bug/1504682/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs