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gwibber-accounts crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in on_foursquare_auth_title_change(): 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-6: ordinal not in range(128)

Bug #975437 reported by Nazarii Bardiuk
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Gwibber
Fix Released
Medium
raza.sayed
Gwibber 3.4.1
gwibber (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

My foursquare account is in ukrainian

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gwibber 3.4.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 6 22:54:01 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gwibber-accounts
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
ProcCmdline: python /usr/bin/gwibber-accounts
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/gwibber-accounts']
SourcePackage: gwibber
Title: gwibber-accounts crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in on_foursquare_auth_title_change(): 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-6: ordinal not in range(128)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Nazarii Bardiuk (girafik) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
visibility: private → public
Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
Changed in gwibber:
assignee: nobody → raza.sayed (raza-sayed-gmail)
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raza.sayed (raza-sayed-gmail) wrote :

Ken, i have attached a fix for this bug. The crash is resolved with this change. Can you please review it ?

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raza.sayed (raza-sayed-gmail) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

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tags: added: patch
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in gwibber:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
importance: Low → Medium
Changed in gwibber:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Ken VanDine (ken-vandine) wrote :

The patch looks great, thanks Raza

Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)
Changed in gwibber:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
milestone: none → 3.4.1
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gwibber - 3.4.0-0ubuntu4

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gwibber (3.4.0-0ubuntu4) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/lp_975437.patch
    - foursquare: Don't crash on unicode characters in a users
      fullname, thanks to Raza Sayed (LP: #975437)
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:51:08 -0400

Changed in gwibber (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Bilal Shahid (s9iper1)
Changed in gwibber:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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