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

[Laszlo Kupcsik]

Binary package hint: system-config-printer

Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
Version: 1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu5
Expected behavior: Adding new network printers should be possible.

What happened: Tried to add new printer. After a little while searching for network printers, the python script crashed. Was not possible to add printers.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Thu Oct 8 10:32:30 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nc6320 (RH383ET#UUZ)
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: a4
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
PpdFiles: HP-Color-LaserJet-CP1215: HP Color LaserJet CP1215 Foomatic/foo2hp (recommended)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-12-generic root=UUID=1a40f887-a1e1-4cdf-8d04-32d6823e0017 ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: python /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.40-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 2.6.31-12-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 09/15/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68YDU Ver. F.09
dmi.board.name: 30AA
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 58.12
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU6463W6Y
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68YDUVer.F.09:bd09/15/2006:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqnc6320(RH383ET#UUZ):pvrF.09:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30AA:rvrKBCVersion58.12:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq nc6320 (RH383ET#UUZ)
dmi.product.version: F.09
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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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.