*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1044014 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044014
The pastebin does not exist any more, but based on the existing information this very likely is a dupe of bug 1044014. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1044014 apport-gtk crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in get_modified_files(): 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xed' in position 40: ordinal not in range(128) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080279 Title: Crashes while reporting Unity bug Status in “apport” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm trying to report a bug in Unity, but ubuntu-bug crashes when I try to do so. It's a UnicodeDecodeError in __AptDpkgPackageInfo.get_modified_files (packaging_impl.py line 256 in this version). Traceback: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1367075/ Based on that error I'd expect to find a weird character in /var/lib/dpkg/info/unity.md5sums, but I don't see it with the naked eye: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1367074/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: apport 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportLog: ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Nov 18 09:58:06 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-02-17 (639 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: apport UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-13 (5 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1080279/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp