apport-gtk crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in get_modified_files(): 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xed' in position 40: ordinal not in range(128)

[Stephen Leigh]

System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 09/24/2012 09:42:16
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo

SYSTEM INFORMATION
 Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) release.
 GNOME: 3.5.91 (Ubuntu 2012-09-06)
 Kernel version: 3.5.0-15-generic (#22-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 19 20:01:43 UTC 2012)
 GCC: 4.7 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
 Xorg: 1.13.0 (20 September 2012 12:04:04PM) (20 September 2012 12:04:04PM)
 Hostname: ubuntu
 Uptime: 0 days 0 h 34 min

CPU INFORMATION
 AuthenticAMD, AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 440 Processor
 Number of CPUs: 3
 CPU clock currently at 1800.000 MHz with 512 KB cache
 Numbering: family(16) model(5) stepping(3)
 Bogomips: 6026.88
 Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save

MEMORY INFORMATION
 Total memory: 7986 MB
 Total swap: 255 MB

STORAGE INFORMATION
 SCSI device - scsi1
  Vendor: ATA
  Model: OCZ-AGILITY3
 SCSI device - scsi0
  Vendor: BUFFALO
  Model: External HDD
 SCSI device - scsi5
  Vendor: Multi
  Model: Flash Reader
 SCSI device - scsi6
  Vendor: Brother
  Model: DCP-375CW

HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
 Host bridge
  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
 PCI bridge(s)
  NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
  NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
  NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
  NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 ISA bridge
  NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
  Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99
 IDE interface
  NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
  Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

GRAPHIC CARD
 VGA controller
  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cedar PRO [Radeon HD 5450/6350] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
  Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 2130

SOUND CARD
 Multimedia controller
  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cedar HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300 Series]
  Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device aa68

NETWORK
 Network controller
  Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe
  Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc Device 7602

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: apport-gtk 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Sep 24 09:32:40 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.2mu
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk
ProcCwd: /home/ste
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk']
SourcePackage: apport
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev nopasswdlogin plugdev root rtkit sambashare scanner sudo tape vboxusers video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1044014, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Stephen Leigh (steelyste)]

Link does not work, please resend ... Ste

On 24 September 2012 09:50, Apport retracing service <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1044014 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044014
>
> Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make
> this software better. This particular crash has already been reported
> and is a duplicate of bug #1044014, so is being marked as such. Please
> look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information
> that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug.
> Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in
> the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may
> find.
>
> ** Tags removed: need-duplicate-check
>
> ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Attachment removed: "ProcMaps.txt"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055373/+attachment/3337236/+files/ProcMaps.txt
>
> ** Attachment removed: "ProcStatus.txt"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055373/+attachment/3337237/+files/ProcStatus.txt
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of private bug 1044014
>
> ** Visibility changed to: Public
>
> --
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1055373
>
> Title:
> apport-gtk crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in get_modified_files():
> 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xed' in position 40: ordinal
> not in range(128)
>
> Status in “apport” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 09/24/2012 09:42:16
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsysinfo
>
> SYSTEM INFORMATION
> Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) release.
> GNOME: 3.5.91 (Ubuntu 2012-09-06)
> Kernel version: 3.5.0-15-generic (#22-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 19
> 20:01:43 UTC 2012)
> GCC: 4.7 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
> Xorg: 1.13.0 (20 September 2012 12:04:04PM) (20 September 2012
> 12:04:04PM)
> Hostname: ubuntu
> Uptime: 0 days 0 h 34 min
>
> CPU INFORMATION
> AuthenticAMD, AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 440 Processor
> Number of CPUs: 3
> CPU clock currently at 1800.000 MHz with 512 KB cache
> Numbering: family(16) model(5) stepping(3)
> Bogomips: 6026.88
> Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt
> pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc
> extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic
> cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt
> hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save
>
> MEMORY INFORMATION
> Total memory: 7986 MB
> Total swap: 255 MB
>
> STORAGE INFORMATION
> SCSI device - scsi1
> Vendor: ATA
> Model: OCZ-AGILITY3
> SCSI device - scsi0
> Vendor: BUFFALO
> Model: External HDD
> SCSI device - scsi5
> Vendor: Multi
> Model: ...