lsusb produces the error "Protocol spec without prior Class and Subclass spec at line 4297".

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Issue

  • lsusb reports an error:
Protocol spec without prior Class and Subclass spec at line 4297
  • Line 4297 of /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids contains:
                04e8 689e  GT-S5830 (Samsung Galaxy Ace)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.8
  • hwdata-0.213.26-1.el5.noarch

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