#877906 hwinfo: hangs forever at > bios.2: ram

Package:
hwinfo
Source:
hwinfo
Description:
Hardware identification system
Submitter:
"MJ Ray (Debian)"
Date:
2017-10-07 00:45:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#877906#5
Date:
2017-10-07 00:08:08 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Running "hwinfo --bios" displays things overtyping itself then hangs forever
with "> bios.2: ram" displayed.

Running it in strace shows that this is just after it opens /dev/mem

Thanks for any assistance or advice you can offer.