wicd 1.5.1 can't connect the unicode ESSID again

[Rory Ye]

My ESSID contains Chinese character . and can't connect this wireless.

refreshing...
ESSID : “苹果”的“网络”
======= “苹果”的“网络” ========

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/gui.py", line 1979, in connect
    self.update_statusbar()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/gui.py", line 1624, in update_statusbar
    self.set_status(wireless.GetCurrentNetwork(iwconfig) + ': ' +
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 607, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.UnicodeEncodeError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/service.py", line 696, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/wicd/wicd-daemon.py", line 796, in GetCurrentNetwork
    current_network = str(self.wifi.GetCurrentNetwork(iwconfig))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/networking.py", line 453, in GetCurrentNetwork
    return self.wiface.GetCurrentNetwork(iwconfig)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/wnettools.py", line 1161, in GetCurrentNetwork
    network = misc.to_unicode(network)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/misc.py", line 290, in to_unicode
    ret = x.decode(encoding, 'replace').encode('utf-8')
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
    return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-8: ordinal not in range(128)

thanks

[Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)]

Open up a terminal and run the command "python". This will open up the python interactive prompt. Run the following commands in the prompt:
import locale
print locale.getpreferredencoding()

and paste the results here. Thanks.

[Rory Ye (rory-cn)]

Hi Dan,
this is my results.

rory@gentoo ~ $ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Sep 12 2008, 19:41:30)
[GCC 4.2.4 (Gentoo 4.2.4 p1.0)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import locale
>>> print locale.getpreferredencoding()
UTF-8
>>>
rory@gentoo ~ $ wicd-client
Loading...
Attempting to connect tray to daemon...
Success.
Done.
refreshing...
wired profiles found
ESSID : “苹果”的“网络”
======= “苹果”的“网络” ========
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/gui.py", line 1624, in update_statusbar
    self.set_status(wireless.GetCurrentNetwork(iwconfig) + ': ' +
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 607, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.UnicodeEncodeError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/service.py", line 696, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/wicd/wicd-daemon.py", line 796, in GetCurrentNetwork
    current_network = str(self.wifi.GetCurrentNetwork(iwconfig))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/networking.py", line 453, in GetCurrentNetwork
    return self.wiface.GetCurrentNetwork(iwconfig)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/wnettools.py", line 1161, in GetCurrentNetwork
    network = misc.to_unicode(network)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/misc.py", line 290, in to_unicode
    ret = x.decode(encoding, 'replace').encode('utf-8')
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
    return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-8: ordinal not in range(128)

[Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)]

Hmm, I'm having trouble reproducing this:

dan@ubuntop:~$ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52)
[GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import locale
>>> test = "苹果”的“网络"
>>> test.decode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), 'replace').encode('utf-8')
'\xe8\x8b\xb9\xe6\x9e\x9c\xe2\x80\x9d\xe7\x9a\x84\xe2\x80\x9c\xe7\xbd\x91\xe7\xbb\x9c'
>>> print test.decode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), 'replace').encode('utf-8')
苹果”的“网络
>>>

Does running the commands above fail for you?

[Rory Ye (rory-cn)]

Hi,Dan

rory@gentoo ~ $ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Sep 12 2008, 19:41:30)
[GCC 4.2.4 (Gentoo 4.2.4 p1.0)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import locale
>>> test = "“苹果”的“网络”"
>>> test.decode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), 'replace').encode('utf-8')
'\xe2\x80\x9c\xe8\x8b\xb9\xe6\x9e\x9c\xe2\x80\x9d\xe7\x9a\x84\xe2\x80\x9c\xe7\xbd\x91\xe7\xbb\x9c\xe2\x80\x9d'
>>> print test.decode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), 'replace').encode('utf-8')
“苹果”的“网络”
>>>

that run well.

[Dan O'Reilly (oreilldf)]

If you go to the line in the /usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/misc.py specified here:
 File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/wicd/misc.py", line 290, in to_unicode
    ret = x.decode(encoding, 'replace').encode('utf-8')

and make it look like this:
    ret= x.decode("utf-8", 'replace').encode('utf-8')

do you still see this error?

You'll have to restart the wicd daemon and gui before the change gets picked up.

[Rory Ye (rory-cn)]

Hi Dan,
Thinks for your reply.

I change the code .and the error disapper, But I can't connect my network

When I click the connect the status bar show Generating PSK.... then no response.

Then I click the cancel button. still Generation PSK... can't stop it.

My network is WPA2 Encryption

[Robby Workman (rworkman)]

Rory,
There have been quite a few unicode-related changes since Sept 2008; can you advise whether this is still a problem with 1.5.9?

[Rory Ye (rory-cn)]

Hi,Robby

And I don't have the unicode ESSID environment now.and the new wicd worked fine for any of my essid.maybe I should give a unicode ESSID to try again.

[Robby Workman (rworkman)]

Closing as "Fix Released" based on lack of reproduction on current releases. Please file a new report if this rears its head again.