update-manager crashed with TypeError in normalize(): character mapping must return integer, None or unicode

[otto888]

I was trying to check for updates.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 8 14:42:36 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110705.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/update-manager -d
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager', '-d']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with TypeError in normalize(): character mapping must return integer, None or unicode
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-03 (5 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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