lubuntu-software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in refresh_app_basket(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)

[Stepan Motin]

Just happened...

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lubuntu-software-center 0.0.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 24 23:52:54 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/lubuntu-software-center
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/lubuntu-software-center
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/lubuntu-software-center']
SourcePackage: lubuntu-software-center
Title: lubuntu-software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in refresh_app_basket(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare tty

[Julien Lavergne (gilir)]

Thanks for your bug report. Please provide a step by step way to reproduce the bug if you can find one.
Forwarding upstream, maybe the traceback is enough to investigate.

[Stephen Smally (stephen-smally)]

What did you add to the apps basket?

[Thomas Ranstorp (thomas-ranstorp)]

I can open the app basket when its empty without a crash, but when i have something in it , for example Furius ISO Mount or MountManager it will crash when i try to open the apps basket tab.

[Talchar (magnus-thulin)]

I tried to install libre-office after removing abiword and gnumeric
seems like some general thing.. anything in app basket will crash program..
good luck

[Talchar (magnus-thulin)]

Hi again. updated system fully , restarted with new graphic driver an kernel.
placed files for installation and exactly the same thing happens again. well synaptic works fine tho :)
else all seems to me ok.. time for restricted test :)

[Stephen Smally (stephen-smally)]

Mmm, i need a complete traceback, can you provide it?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for lubuntu-software-center (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Julien Lavergne (gilir)]

A package including the fix is available in Lubuntu Dev PPA Staging : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-dev/+archive/staging
Please report any problems you have with this new version.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lubuntu-software-center - 0.0.5~bzr135-0ubuntu2

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lubuntu-software-center (0.0.5~bzr135-0ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * debian/patches:
   - 90_encode_fix.patch: From upstream, fix encoding issue (LP: #940585)
   - 91_refresh_on_uninstall.patch: From upstream, update correctly the list of
     applications after uninstall (LP: #1052378)
 -- Julien Lavergne <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:27:35 +0200