indicator-session shows [invalid UTF-8]

[Laurynas Riliskis]

Reporting as a new bug because of the request by Chauncellor (brettcornwall) w https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-session/+bug/834137/comments/32

After last updates on 13.04 the text in indicator are shows [Invalig UTF-8], seems like the bug got back on track :)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-session/+bug/1130575

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: indicator-session 12.10.5daily13.03.08-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 6 12:51:15 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-17 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130315)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: indicator-session
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Laurynas Riliskis (laurynas-riliskis-gmail)]

after some plays I found that if I remove "week" numbers from the settings menius at least the clock is visible. I guess this should help to narrow down the problem.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Ilham (imaroofs)]

I have got the same problem.
[Invalid UTF-8] on indicator session.

Ubuntu 13.04, AMD64

[Ricardo S O Leite (ricsdeol)]

I have the same problem, printScreem in attachment.
Language installed: English(Default) and Portuguese.

[Tresnio (tresnio-m)]

In my case, it was solved by the following:
- Reinstall Ubutu 13.04
- Leave the location/ time zone as it is (do not change the time zone, leave as its default)
- Cotinue installation

When installation is completed, time zone or location can be changed. Hope this will also work for you.

Rgds.

[Kornel Nagy (snowmanx11)]

I am not going to reinstall the whole syste just because of this small bug. I am hoping for a quick fix. It should not be a rocket-science, isn't it? Channging location or removing displaying week numbers does not helped at all.

[Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic)]

This bug seems to be deeper in the system than just the indicator. Apart from the mentioned error, I get utf8 errors in most Gtk Python programs ("'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xca in position 0: invalid continuation byte") and Nautilus reports "Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text()" for everything.

[Carlos Estrada (chemnic)]

I am using English as language for the system (Menus and windows) and Spanish (Nicaragua) as regional format (dates, currency, etc).

Maybe this configuration is part of the cause to this bug?? because I dont see too many people being affected.

Thanks.

[Charles Kerr (charlesk)]

Judging from the comments and screenshots, this is an indicator-datetime bug rather than an indicator-session one.

By default, indicator-session doesn't have any text in its header.