python2.6 crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode()

[Pali]

Binary package hint: software-properties-kde

When I start software-properties-kde from konsole or kpackagekit, python crashed:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-properties-kde", line 122, in <module>
    app = SoftwarePropertiesKDE(datadir=data_dir, options=options, file=file, attachWinID=attachWinID)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/kde/SoftwarePropertiesKDE.py", line 104, in __init__
    self.show_keys()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/kde/SoftwarePropertiesKDE.py", line 606, in show_keys
    self.userinterface.treeview2.addTopLevelItem(QTreeWidgetItem([utf8(key)]))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/softwareproperties/kde/SoftwarePropertiesKDE.py", line 57, in utf8
    return unicode(str, 'UTF-8')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
    return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 45-46: invalid data

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 30 10:02:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/python2.6
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: python2.6-minimal 2.6.4-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-kde
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=sk_SK.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=sk_SK:sk
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
PythonArgs: []
SourcePackage: python2.6
Title: python2.6 crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
UserGroups:

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