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ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode_ssid(): 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 0: unexpected end of data

Bug #922988 reported by Petr Nemec
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Colin Watson
Precise
Fix Released
Medium
Colin Watson

Bug Description

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (daily-live 20120127)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.9.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-11.19-generic-pae 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-11-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.301
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Jan 28 07:01:21 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120127)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/5715/environ'
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode_ssid(): 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 0: unexpected end of data
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Revision history for this message
Petr Nemec (nemecpe-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report.

It is very likely caused by the character "’" in the ssid 'Petr’s iPhone'

visibility: private → public
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise):
assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) → Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.9.15

---------------
ubiquity (2.9.15) precise; urgency=low

  * Cope with stricter dbus.Byte.__str__ implementation in dbus-python 1.0.0
    (LP: #922988).
  * Remove test suite debris on clean.
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:16:59 +0000

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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