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

[Kevin Tew]

Binary package hint: system-config-printer

/etc/cups$ /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 3416, in on_new_printer_activate
    self.newPrinterGUI.init("printer")
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 3823, in init
    self.fillDeviceTab()
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py", line 5032, in fillDeviceTab
    physicaldevice = PhysicalDevice (device)
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/PhysicalDevice.py", line 29, in __init__
    self.add_device (device)
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/PhysicalDevice.py", line 137, in add_device
    self._network_host = self._get_host_from_uri (device.uri)
  File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/PhysicalDevice.py", line 64, in _get_host_from_uri
    hostport);
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/re.py", line 151, in sub
    return _compile(pattern, 0).sub(repl, string, count)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 0: unexpected end of data

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 204509c0aa55ea272e5e2f08fee66101
CheckboxSystem: 8dc4bd0b97cb0bc14d27bc5216cb9676
Date: Tue Oct 13 11:59:01 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Lpstat:
 device for HP-LaserJet-M4345-MFP: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_M4345_MFP?serial=CNDC82001M
 device for HP-Photosmart-2600: hp:/net/Photosmart_2600_series?ip=192.168.30.103
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D830
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: letter
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
PpdFiles:
 HP-Photosmart-2600: HP Photosmart 2600 Series hpijs, 3.9.8
 HP-LaserJet-M4345-MFP: HP LaserJet M4345 MFP Postscript (recommended)
 HP-LaserJet-M4345-MFP2: HP LaserJet M4345 MFP Postscript (recommended)
 HP-LaserJet-M4345-MFP-2: HP LaserJet M4345 MFP Postscript (recommended)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-13-generic root=UUID=2102bbc2-37b0-459e-97bb-098c23234848 ro
ProcCmdline: python /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.45-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 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 06/07/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 0UY141
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd06/07/2007:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD830:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0UY141:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D830
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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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.