lubuntu-software-center crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in decode : ascii codec can t encode character u xfc in position 1: ordinal not in range 128

[Rakesh Dhawan]

Opened Lbuntu SC, started to search for RSS reader and boom it crashed without closing SC window.

Linux RDBytes 3.2.0-38-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 19 12:18:21 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lubuntu-software-center 0.0.5~bzr135-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic 3.2.37
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 15 11:12:33 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/lubuntu-software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/lubuntu-software-center
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/lubuntu-software-center']
SourcePackage: lubuntu-software-center
Title: lubuntu-software-center crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in decode(): 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xfc' in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Julien Lavergne (gilir)]

This bug may be fixed in Lubuntu 13.04