Ah, this bug report was on the wrong package. The problem is that there is no way of invoking hwdb-xml from the menus. This would probably take the form of a "Save As..." command in the Device Manager's File menu.
** Changed in: hwdb-client (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: hwdb-client => hal Status: Rejected => Unconfirmed -- HAL device manager does not produce portable output https://launchpad.net/bugs/86194 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs