backend crashed with ValueError in loads()

[djwoodard]

Binary package hint: checkbox

Clicked 'x' to close without running tests and received error. I expected it to close without errors.

Ubuntu 10.4 beta 1
checkbox 0.9 & checkbox-gtk 0.9

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: checkbox 0.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 31 14:07:51 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/checkbox/backend
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/checkbox/backend /tmp/checkboxAzf2Ic/input /tmp/checkboxAzf2Ic/output
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/checkbox/backend', '/tmp/checkboxAzf2Ic/input', '/tmp/checkboxAzf2Ic/output']
SourcePackage: checkbox
Title: backend crashed with ValueError in loads()
UserGroups:

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #536645, 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.