system-config-printer.py crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in sub()

[Rūdolfs Mazurs]

Binary package hint: system-config-printer

When I want to add new printer, it automatically searches for new ones on network. At that point it dies.
The printer description contains Unicode characters.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog: W [04/Oct/2009:12:00:18 +0300] [CGI] Unhandled message: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable, path=/, member=Introspect
Date: Sun Oct 4 12:00:33 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Lpstat: device for PDF-Printer: cups-pdf:/
MachineType: LENOVO 889855G
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: a4
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
PpdFiles: PDF-Printer: Generic CUPS-PDF Printer
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-11-generic root=UUID=ad178c18-fdec-4084-ab38-a8175df2c1f2 ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: python /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=lv_LV.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py']
SourcePackage: system-config-printer
Title: system-config-printer.py crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in sub()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 01/21/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7LETB0WW (2.10 )
dmi.board.name: 889855G
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7LETB0WW(2.10):bd01/21/2008:svnLENOVO:pn889855G:pvrThinkPadT61:rvnLENOVO:rn889855G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 889855G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T61
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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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 #437997, 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.