hud-service trying to output error messages using ncurses colours to syslog

[themusicgod1]

Wherever hud-service is failing, it's trying to print using ncurses colour tags (m#NNN[NN) where syslog is text-only.

example error message:

May 16 14:11:02 eva hud-service[1967]: #033[31mvoid DBusMenuImporter::slotGetLayoutFinished(QDBusPendingCallWatcher*)#033[0m: "No such interface 'com.canonical.dbusmenu' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/window/75498803"

what this error message should probably be:
May 16 14:11:02 eva hud-service[1967]: void DBusMenuImporter::slotGetLayoutFinished(QDBusPendingCallWatcher*): "No such interface 'com.canonical.dbusmenu' on object at path /org/ayatana/bamf/window/75498803"

Ubuntu 17.04 zesty
hud: 14.10+17.04.20170106.1-0ubuntu1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: hud 14.10+17.04.20170106.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-20.22-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Tue May 16 14:10:55 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-18 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
JournalErrors:
 Error: command ['journalctl', '-b', '--priority=warning', '--lines=1000'] failed with exit code 1: Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
       Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
       turn off this notice.
 No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.
SourcePackage: hud
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is now dead
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-zesty-zapus-has-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10-now-519360.shtml

[thedanyes (thedanyes)]

This issue still exists in version 14.10+17.10.20170619-0ubuntu.