I have tested it on my host pc, which is running Xubuntu 14.04:
$ uname -a
Linux matt-laptop 3.13.0-33-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 29 16:45:05 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I can't cause any of the errors that I am seeing on my Beaglebone (no matter how hard I try!)
Matt