lfm crash at launch

[Silouane]

here's the python traceback :

$ lfm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/lfm", line 27, in <module>
    lfm_start(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 1155, in lfm_start
    path = curses.wrapper(main, prefs, paths1, paths2)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py", line 43, in wrapper
    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 1077, in main
    ret = app.run()
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 208, in run
    self.display()
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 159, in display
    self.lpane.display()
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 592, in display
    self.display_cursorbar()
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 767, in display_cursorbar
    cursorbar.addstr(0, 0, utils.encode(buf), attr)
_curses.error: addstr() returned ERR

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: lfm 2.3-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 21 22:55:31 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lfm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[wlx (wangliangxu)]

same error happed in ubuntu server 13.04

[Ruslan Khozinov (fallrabble)]

same error in kubuntu 13.10

[Bello Field (belfeldt)]

Similar Crash behavior on Ubuntu 14.04.3 3.13.0-66-generic, though not during launch but every time focus goes on file with Japanese chars 1941<年(昭和16年)5月13日.avi>. No problem to display chars but as soon as cursor touches item, lfm crashes immediately.
B.t.w.: File size shows only 1byte, though is has about 160MB.

LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
lfm version: 2.3-1ubuntu1
python version: 2.7.5-5ubuntu3

[sc yoo (dryoo)]

same error in Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS