Comment 18 for bug 178173

I have a similar problem. I have been using LaTeX for years, but since my last reinstall of ubuntu, I haven't been able to get it working normally, even files that compiled with no problems on my old setup is now giving me the same error.
When the compiler gets to the \section in my file it get the following error:

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! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8: not set up for use with LaTeX.

See the inputenc package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
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l.1 
       \section{Section title}
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I am on Ubuntu 9.10, any help will be appreciated