Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/nest-hyphl422.f560b0c3c4d1041df8787845ec97e7b73f906ae22d34577dbec75961f309eff8/dmitest", line 279, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/tmp/nest-hyphl422.f560b0c3c4d1041df8787845ec97e7b73f906ae22d34577dbec75961f309eff8/dmitest", line 246, in main
universal_newlines=True).splitlines()
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 626, in check_output
**kwargs).stdout
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 695, in run
stdout, stderr = process.communicate(input, timeout=timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/subprocess.py", line 1059, in communicate
stdout = self.stdout.read()
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 2639: invalid start byte
This was the output of dmitest_server, something in dmi on this system is wonky. Need to get a dump of dmidecode to see what the deal is...
The problem is some weird data in DMI from the manufacturer.
Handle 0x0007, DMI type 39, 22 bytes
System Power Supply
Power Unit Group: 1
Location: Default string
Name: YM-2401R
Serial Number: <FF><F6>
Asset Tag: Default string
Model Part Number: YM-2401R
Revision: A
Max Power Capacity: 350 W
Status: Present, Other
Type: Switching
Input Voltage Range Switching: Wide Range
Plugged: Yes
Hot Replaceable: Yes
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 39, 22 bytes
System Power Supply
Power Unit Group: 1
Location: Default string
Name: YM-2401R
Serial Number: <FF><E4>
Asset Tag: Default string
Model Part Number: YM-2401R
Revision: A
Max Power Capacity: 350 W
Status: Present, Other
Type: Switching
Input Voltage Range Switching: Wide Range
Plugged: Yes
Hot Replaceable: Yes
When looked at in VIM, those lines look like so:
Serial Number: ÿöÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
A bunch of weird non-ascii characters
I don't think there's anything special to do here, just add some error handling to catch these DMI errors and warn the user.