apport hook error: TypeError: 'in <string>' requires string as left operand, not bytes

[Daniel Holbach]

TEST CASE:
1. In a terminal run:
$ ubuntu-bug compiz

ACTUAL RESULT
ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_xdiagnose.py crashed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 186, in _run_hook
    symb['add_info'](report, ui)
  File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_xdiagnose.py", line 682, in add_info
    attach_3d_info(report, ui)
  File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_xdiagnose.py", line 420, in attach_3d_info
    if b'reverting to software rendering' in xorglog:
TypeError: 'in <string>' requires string as left operand, not bytes

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xdiagnose 3.0
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-11.11-generic 3.5.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 2f383a1679e8525d7196eb2518a1921f
CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f
Date: Fri Aug 24 10:40:06 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-06-27 12:00:38,187 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21da]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110817)
MachineType: LENOVO 429149G
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-11-generic root=UUID=51ab960b-a2da-4841-98ce-c017f0582971 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xdiagnose
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-06-27 (57 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/18/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET46WW (1.16 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 429149G
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET46WW(1.16):bd05/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn429149G:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn429149G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 429149G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3319-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.38-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.99.905-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120713.6ef1ad6a-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Confirmed while reporting a bug against compiz

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Fix pushed to bzr.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I just ran into this today.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xdiagnose - 3.1

---------------
xdiagnose (3.1) quantal; urgency=low

  * control: Move intel-gpu-tools to recommends to fix FTBS
  * Force Xorg.0.log encoding to bytes to work around UTF-8 issues
    (LP: #1041104)
  * Drop unused and undefined i18n calls
    (LP: #1046991)
  * Use gksudo to gain elevated permissions required by xdiagnose
    (LP: #769419)
 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:39:01 -0700