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

[Josh Leverette]

Binary package hint: system-config-printer

I was at school attempting to add a new printer, but when opening the new printer dialog it crashes the dialog only. (the listing of existing printers window stayed open)

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 7 10:26:29 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Lpstat:
 device for BrotherOnBeachside: smb://CHATTANOOGA/BEACHSIDE/Printer
 device for Photosmart: hp:/net/Photosmart_C4500_series?ip=192.168.1.192
 device for Xerox-Phaser-6300N: socket://10.10.10.16:9100
MachineType: Acer AOA150
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
 Photosmart: HP Photosmart c4500 Series hpijs, 3.9.8.36
 Xerox-Phaser-6300N: Xerox Phaser 6300N Foomatic/Postscript
 BrotherOnBeachside: Brother HL-5140 Foomatic/hl1250 (recommended)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=859e252d-6b9d-4e8e-b182-3aaa5d9e27e7 ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: python /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.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 i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 05/09/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: v0.3305
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv0.3305:bd05/09/2008:svnAcer:pnAOA150:pvr1:rvnAcer:rn:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: AOA150
dmi.product.version: 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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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.